Born and raised in Haiti, Patricia Brintle’s colorful style reflects her native land. Influenced by personal and social experiences, her approach to painting is varied and reflects her feelings at the moment.
As a full-time self-taught artist, it is her rich culture which guide her create muse. She is fascinated by the history of Haiti and many of her artworks reflect that passion. Her paintings are infused with complex symbolisms that seem, at first glance, simple but reveal themselves upon further examination. Her style is as varied as her subjects but she favors bright and vivid colors as she explores the universality of human emotions in every one of her artworks. Many of Brintle’s works address strong issues such as nuclear disarmament, the Holocaust and the Haitian earthquake. Several of her works are featured in movies and grace the covers and pages of books, magazines, and publications. Brintle was commissioned to create twelve icons of saints of various ethnicity which are permanently installed around the nave at St. Francis Xavier church in Manhattan. She belongs to several art organizations and exhibits internationally. Brintle is an inductee in the Haitian Rountable 1804 list of Haitian Changemakers.
Brintle is also the president of From Here to Haiti, Ltd. (FHTH), a non-profit all-volunteer charity doing repair work in Haiti, and donates most of the proceeds from the sale of her artworks to FHTH.
Some of Brintle’s artistic accomplishments include:
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- Showings at:
– Mercy by the Sea in Madison, CT
– Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, NY
– Art Market Hamptons in Bridgehampton, NY
– Basilica di San Lorenzo in Florence, Italy
– Richard Taittinger Gallery in New York City
– Dorsey Gallery in Brooklyn, NY
– Harlem Fine Art Show in New York City
– New York Art Expo in NYC
– National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia
– Salon des Artistes Independents – Grand Palais, Paris, France
– Albert Schweitzer Museum in Hamdem Connecticut
– Queens Museum of Art in New York
– Consulate General of Haiti in New York
– The United Nations in New York
– National Museum of Catholic Art and History in New York
– Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Alabama
– Rosa Park Museum in Montgomery, Alabama
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- St. Francis Xavier church in Manhattan (46W 15St) commissioned a collection of 12 saints of various ethnicity that are now permanently installed around the sanctuary.
- Several of Brintle’s artworks on the devastation, resistance and rescue efforts of the Holocaust belong to the permanent collection of the Holocaust Center of Temple Judea in New York.
- A Delicate Balance won the “Images of Peace” national competition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Albert Schweitzer’s call for nuclear disarmament and belongs to the collection of the Albert Schweitzer Museum’s in Hamden, Connecticut.
- Annunciation is among the illustrations of National Geographic The Story of Mary
- Madonna and Child–First Steps graces the cover of “Introducing the New Testament” by Mark Allan Powell – Second Edition.
- Last Breath graces the cover of Christianity and Human Rights by Cambridge Press.
- Voiliers au Port a Bainet graced the cover of the U.S. National Maritime Historical Society publication Sea History Magazine.
- Advocata Nostra, Virgo Virginum, Regina Caeli, Ora Pro Nobis, and Assumption graced the covers and pages of “Give us This Day” by Liturgical Press.
- Annunciation graces the pages of National Geographic “The Story of Mary.”
Several of Brintle’s artworks were featured in 2015 Golden Globe nominee film “Saint Vincent” with Bill Murray and in 2015 National Geographic feature film “Killing Jesus.”