Patricia Beary is a fine art photographer and art educator from Long Island. Her passion for both photography and teaching is evident in the strong photography program she has built at Wantagh High School where she teaches full time. Ms. Beary’s work in advocacy for the arts through the New York State Art Teachers Association earned her the honor of New York State Art Educator of the Year in 2007.
Ms. Beary’s photography explores a variety of themes. She employs form and structure to interpret the ordinary with renewed vision.
A perpetual student, Ms. Beary has studied photography in the New York and Florence, Italy. Her photographs have been exhibited at Foto Foto, SoHo Photo, Art League of Long Island, Garison Arts Center and most recently in Japan.