b. 1960

Patrick O’Brien is the president of the American Society of Marine Artists. O'Brien has been a full-time professional artist and illustrator since the mid-1980s.

Awards

Outstanding Service Award

from the American Society of Marine Artists, 2020

Distinguished Service Award

From The National Maritime Historical Society, 2010

Presented at a gala dinner at The National Press Club in Washington, DC.

Maritime Heritage Award

at the Mystic International Marine Art Exhibition, 2015

Museum Purchase Award

from the Mystic Seaport Museum, 2013

Award of Excellence

at the Mystic International Marine Art Exhibition, 2013

Solo Exhibitions

The US Naval Academy Museum

an exhibition of twenty-six O’Brien paintings in 2010

Mystic Seaport Museum

O'Brien was the artist-in-residence at the museum in Connecticut in June, 2021. He painted and displayed his work in an historic house on the grounds, and slept on one of Mystic’s historic sailboats.

New York City

at The Union League Club in Manhattan in 2008

Alexandria, Virginia

at The Icon Gallery in 2018

Portsmouth, Virginia

at Skipjack Nautical Gallery

Annapolis, Maryland

at the Annapolis Marine Art Gallery

Group Exhibitions

2019-2020 The Washington Invitational Marine Art Exhibition The National Press Club, Washington DC

2013-2014: The War of 1812; A Star-Spangled Nation
The Buffalo History Museum, Buffalo,NY The Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI The Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, VT Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, Baltimore

2011-2012 American Society of Marine Artists 15th National Exhibition
Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture, Delray Beach, FL Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR Minnesota Museum of Marine Art, Winona, MN

2010, 2011 Washington Awards Dinner The National Press Club, Washington DC 

2003 — 2013: The Annual Mystic International Marine Art Exhibition Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT

2003 — 2013: Modern Marine Masters Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT