Patricia Beggins Magers

Patricia Beggins Magers earned an undergraduate degree in art from Olivet College in Michigan, and began a career that included museum exhibits preparation, book and advertising illustration, and commissioned portraiture. She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting and drawing from Georgia State University, and lives and works in Roswell, Georgia. 

Her work represents a range of interests, subject matter and media. She uses whatever methods suit the expressive needs of the work, whether oil, acrylic and other water-based media, drawing materials, collage, encaustic (mixing heated beeswax with oil paInt) or clay to be fired or cast into bronze. Themes of nature and the human figure are of particular interest. After spending over a decade exploring eastern spirituality, which included several trips to India and Tibet, the theme of meditation has found its way into recent sculptural work. Her favorite book from childhood was titled Things To Make And Do, and she is never happier than when immersed in the process of making and doing, or in helping others who want to learn to do the same.

Sarah Anderson