Patrick Walsh:  

I really wasn't well known or anything during High School as I had moved to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho from Chicago in '77...after graduating in '79, I went to NIC for about a year and a half...didn't last long there as I began partying way too much...most especially at the Fort Ground Tavern and Peabody's...still have my old Peabody's t-shirt! I then decided to get the hell outta dodge and went to Seattle University and graduated in March of '85 with a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing Degree...I worked as an RN in Critical Care for 10 years at Swedish Medical Center/Seattle. During my years in Seattle, I became interested in both Art and Music and essentially cut both my "artist" and "music" teeth in Seattle. I also began travelling extensively with my girlfriend at the time throughout the world. During a 6wk jaunt to Italy and France, I began painting and upon return home to Seattle, became a "self-taught" Artist...I also immersed myself in the Seattle Scene from it's infancy to it's "implosion" in '95 when I eventually decided I had had enough of Seattle's grey skies and drizzle and...Expand for more