Collection: Wall Flowers: Patrick Gordon Paintings

Philbrook Museum of Art

September 24, 2025 - January 03, 2026

Philbrook Museum of Art presents Patrick Gordon’s first museum retrospective, which features over fifty paintings that span a career of more than fifty years. The exhibition includes paintings from his earliest experiments in watercolor to his recent huge, saturated florals. These hang alongside stirring, sensitive portraits, still lifes that highlight Gordon’s deep commitment to the Tulsa community, and a selection of his lesser-known politically engaged works.

His paintings explore ideas of identity and the notion that what we choose to surround ourselves with—a favorite flower, a special souvenir, or a carefully designed room—can say a lot about who we are. Gordon helps us see how art, decoration, and everyday objects can tell powerful stories—sometimes quietly, sometimes boldly—about feeling seen, being at home, and celebrating who we are.