Patricia Corbett of Wallingford studied art and music in college and had a successful career as a professional singer for 45 years.  After a bout with cancer in 1997, Corbett’s focus turned to her childhood love of art and returned to painting and studying with Julie Gale in New Jersey and Ray Carpenter, Corbett’s brother and renowned landscape artist.  Corbett has received several statewide awards in New Jersey, before moving to Connecticut. She is a member of the Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society, Award Recipient with the Clinton Art Society, Lyme Art Association, Mystic Arts Center, Madison Arts Society, Essex Art Association, and th e New Haven Paint and Clay Club.

The art pieces of Katherine Schwartz of Bristol are the culmination of years of observation, training, and experimentation. Schwartz graduated from the University of Connecticut with a degree in Fine Arts emphasizing printmaking with stone lithographs. Her studies continued at Tunxis College, Central Connecticut State University, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Her travels have taker her around the world, giving her a unique perspective on the arts from a wide variety of cultures. Schwartz’s main focus has always been figurative. She enjoys working not only with lines, shapes, and patterns, but hopes to include emotions. Currently, many of her works are collages, as well as the more traditional paint and charcoal. Her goal is to touch the viewer with both an artistic and an emotional piece of art.

The art exhibits of both Patricia Corbett and Katherine Schwartz will be shown at the Celeste LeWitt Gallery at UConn Health until March 9, 2017.

UConn Health’s collection of fine art serves to enhance the environment and promote the sense of a caring community for patients, visitors, staff and students. Art is selected, acquired and exhibited by the UConn Health Art Advisory Committee. To view a selection of the permanent collection visit: UConn Health Art Collection.