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A smoke-darkened cabinet card from Hoagland studio in St. Paul, Nebraska. Both figures cut free and repositioned around a silhouette carrying the found text "the space she made" — and the words "be grateful" rising through it. Mixed media collage. One of a kind.
Time has already been working on this one. The cabinet card from Hoagland's studio in St. Paul, Nebraska carries a deep atmospheric stain — smoke, age, light — that makes the two figures feel like they're emerging from somewhere rather than posing for a portrait. She has been cut free and repositioned. The silhouette between them holds the found text the space she made, and beneath it, handwritten cursive surfaces through the translucent form: be grateful... worth $. 86... They—
The fragments don't complete themselves. They don't need to.
Part of a series exploring the same found text across different Victorian source material. Each piece stands fully on its own.
Dimensional mixed media collage. Found cabinet card (Hoagland, St. Paul, Nebraska), die-cut portrait figures, handwritten correspondence, found text strip. Resin finish.
4'“ x 7” 3”
From the Halladay studio in Great Bend, Kansas — she has left the frame. Her die-cut figure rises above the portrait while her silhouette, filled with handwritten correspondence, holds the found text "the space she Made." Mixed media collage. One of a kind.
The Halladay studio in Great Bend, Kansas produced this cabinet card — a man standing alone in the frame, composed and still. She is no longer beside him. Her die-cut figure has been lifted to the upper left, hovering above the photograph's border, looking back in. Where she stood, a silhouette filled with layered handwritten cursive now carries the found text: the space she Made. Fragments of the letter surface through the translucent form — ever sharp, had a pr of glo, in shirts — domestic details that refuse to disappear entirely.
This is continuing work in a series exploring the same found text across different Victorian source material. The phrase arrived once and kept finding new homes.
Dimensional mixed media collage. Found cabinet card (Halladay, Great Bend, Kansas), die-cut portrait figure, handwritten correspondence, found text strip. Resin finish.
5” x 7” x 3”
A cabinet card couple from the Chicago Photo Gallery in Des Moines, Iowa. Between them: a die-cut silhouette carrying the found text "the space she made." She stands apart from her own outline. Mixed media collage. One of a kind.
He sits. She stands. Between them, a third figure — her silhouette, emptied out and filled instead with layered handwritten text and the stamped words the space she made. The original cabinet card comes from A. St. Clair's Chicago Photo Gallery at 302 East Walnut Street, Des Moines, Iowa — a studio detail that grounds this piece in a specific place and moment. The woman has been cut from the photograph and repositioned to the right of her own ghost. The found text arrived and named what was already happening in the image. The silhouette is the subject.
This piece is part of a series exploring the same found text across different Victorian source material. Each stands fully on its own.
Dimensional mixed media collage. Found cabinet card (Chicago Photo Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa), die-cut silhouette element, found text strip, handwritten ephemera. Resin finish.
6” x 9” x 3”
Who is ArtShowRoadie?!
From Roadie to Artist
I've been doodling and creating for as long as I can remember. In 2014, I started dating Lisa Diamor, a professional artist who makes her living traveling the art festival circuit. I became her roadie: loading trucks, setting up tents, tearing down booths, and learning everything I could about the art world from the inside.
In 2020, I had a stroke—a wake-up call that took six years to hear. In 2026, after three decades in the tech world as a Business Analyst, Consultant, Project Manager, and Director, I finally made the leap to full-time artist.
Now I wake up at 2 am, not thinking about challenging clients or derailed projects, but asking myself: "What am I going to create today?" It's a little bit scary and feels absolutely right.
I work with vintage paper, ephemera, comics old and new, found toys, paint, and resin—mixing techniques and materials like a kid who gets to play all day. Because that's exactly what this is: permission to play, create, and explore without limits.
I hope you'll grab a cup of coffee, browse a while, and maybe I'll see you at an art show this summer.
— Patrick Fitzpatrick aka: ArtShowRoadie
2026 Art Festivals!
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Experience the nationally acclaimed Marion Arts Festival, a vibrant one-day event held annually in Uptown Marion, Iowa. For over three decades, this prestigious festival has consistently ranked among the top fine art fairs in the United States, drawing thousands of art enthusiasts to our charming community
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The Denver Arts Festival is a fine arts and fine crafts festival that continues to be dedicated to showcasing Colorado artists and a select group of national artists.
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The Denver Arts Festival is proud to hold its annual premier event at Central Park's (formerly Stapleton) Conservatory Green neighborhoods. Central Park is in the top 1% of median income and education levels in the nation.
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The festival features some of Colorado's and the nation's finest artists.
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Stay tuned for more art shows.
I’ve applied to 18 juried art shows. I’ll update this section as more acceptance letters arrive.
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