Patrick Howlett is a Canadian visual artist born in Toronto, Ontario on September 17, 1971.
[2] His internationally exhibited work typically involves a commentary on technology and the digital age that results in multimedia paintings and drawings, and is often centred on the relationship between an image and a title.
He is well known for his geometric abstract paintings and drawings, which are often compact, dense and intensely layered.
Howlett works with traditional surface treatments, media and brushwork that go back to the Renaissance.
[4] Howlett also incorporates a digital element into his work: he generates Google image searches for inspiration and source material which he then synthesizes into the colour, shape and composition of his paintings.