Contemporary Art On View:
PATRICK FARRELL: EVER AFTER
Miller Art Museum
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
millerartmuseum.org
November 22, 2025 – March 28, 2026
The Miller Art Museum is about to open the exhibition “Patrick Farrell: Ever After,” which celebrates the life and work of Patrick Farrell (1940–2016). A native of Cudahy, Wisconsin, equipped only with an 8th-grade education, he taught himself to paint like a virtuoso, ultimately mastering the highly detailed, illusionistic trompe l’oeil technique and making it his own.
The show starts with Farrell’s early studies, then traces his career through still life and butterfly compositions, then his memorable “silver screen” scenes, and finally mythic portraits alive with theatrical gravitas. He won national recognition for his maximalist, highly playful worldview, which invites viewers into a world where creation becomes revelation.
