{"product_id":"sticks-by-patrick-dougherty","title":"Sticks by Patrick Dougherty","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout Patrick\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eBorn in Oklahoma in 1945, Dougherty was raised in North Carolina. He earned a B.A. in English from the University of North Carolina in 1967 and an M.A. in Hospital and Health Administration from the University of Iowa in 1969. Later, he returned to the University of North Carolina to study art history and sculpture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eCombining his carpentry skills with his love of nature, Patrick began to learn more about primitive techniques of building and to experiment with tree saplings as construction material. In 1982 his first work, Maple Body Wrap, was included in the North Carolina Biennial Artists’ Exhibition, sponsored by the North Carolina Museum of Art. In the following year, he had his first one-person show entitled, Waitin’ It Out in Maple at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eHis work quickly evolved from single pieces on conventional pedestals to monumental scale environmental works, which required saplings by the truckloads. Over the last forty-some years, he has built over 330 of these large-scale works, and become internationally acclaimed. His sculpture has been seen worldwide---from Scotland to Japan to Brussels, and all over the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003ePatrick has now retired from large-scale on-site installations and is working in his studio at home in North Carolina. In addition to creating smaller scale \u003cem\u003eStickworks\u003c\/em\u003e there, he has partnered with Sam at his homestead to build a wood-fired kiln, launching Sam’s ceramics career.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Radius Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53845744484646,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/5122\/7437\/files\/Screenshot2026-09-09134828.png?v=1788976185","url":"https:\/\/store.gibbesmuseum.org\/products\/sticks-by-patrick-dougherty","provider":"Gibbes Museum Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}