Patrick Beldio has been a professional artist for 12 years. He studied at the University of Notre Dame, Rome, Italy, Los Angeles and Washington, DC. His work is a contemporary celebration of the human figure and the relationship humanity has to the earth and to one’s deeper Self, the Divine Beloved. He works in many forms, from painting to sculpture and jewelry to photography, employing many different media such as bronze, Lucite, and gold, as well as ceramics, wood and stone. His works are in many private collections nationwide as well as public sites such as the University of Maryland at College Park. Currently, his work is displayed and selling at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. He teaches both in Virginia and Washington, DC at the College level.