Combining his carpentry skills with his love for nature, Patrick Dougherty began to learn more about

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Combining his carpentry skills with his love for
nature, Patrick Dougherty began to learn more
about primitive techniques of building and
experimented with tree saplings as construction
material. In 1982 his first work, MaplyBodyWrap
was included in the North Carolina Biennial
Artists' Exhibition sponsored by the North
Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina, and in
the following year he had his first one person
show entitled, Waiting It Out In Maple at the
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His work quickly
evolved from single pieces on conventional
pedestals to monumental scale environments which
required saplings by the truckloads. During the
last decade he has built over 100 works
throughout the United States, Europe and
Asia. http//www.stickwork.net/dougherty/main.html
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Patrick Dougherty Easy Does It1998
Hollywood Art Culture Center, Hollywood,
Florida, 1998.Photographer John Lawrence.
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Patrick Dougherty Standby2000
Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority, Raleigh, NC,
2000.Photographer Jerry Blow.
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Patrick Dougherty Paradise Gate
2001 Smith College, Amherst,
Mass. http//www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bu
reau/2006-07/06-028.html
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Patrick Dougherty Call of the Wild 2002 18 high
Museum of Glass International Center for
Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WAPhoto Duncan
Price  
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Patrick Dougherty Just Around the Corner 2003
New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New
Harmony, N.J.   Image Doyle Deanhttp//www.brow
n.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-028.ht
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Patrick Dougherty Na Hale 'o waiawi 2003
(Roughly translated from the Hawaiian language
to mean Wild Dwellings Built from Strawberry
Guava).The Contemporary Art Museum, Honolulu,
Hawaii, 2003. Photographer Paul Kodama.
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Patrick Dougherty Hat Trick 2003
Elm and mulberry trees, willow and dogwood
saplingsCommissioned by Faulconer Gallery
http//web.grinnell.edu/faulconergallery/CampusAr
t/dougherty.htm
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Patrick Dougherty Hat Trick 2003
Elm and mulberry trees, willow and dogwood
saplingsCommissioned by Faulconer Gallery
http//web.grinnell.edu/faulconergallery/CampusAr
t/dougherty.htm
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Patrick Dougherty Toad Hall
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara,
CA, 2005.Photographer Nell Campbell.
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Patrick Dougherty Nine Lives
Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, Ohio,
2006.Photographer Greg Sailor.