Patrick Ching

Ching was born in Oahu. He received his alma mater{{clarify|date=January 2017}} from the Otis College of Art and Design where he trained to be an artist. In 1984 he moved to Kauai in order to do volunteer for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as a wildlife ranger. This took him to remote areas of the Hawaiian Islands where he worked a great deal with sharks, seals, turtles and other marine animals. He then became a ranger at the Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge.

A painter since age 16, Ching gained international recognition because of his painting's remarkable likeness to the photographs he took while in the field. His most notable works of art can be seen on Hawaii's first Wildlife Conservation Stamp featuring the Hawaiian state bird the Nene, a species of goose endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.{{cite web|url=https://www.kenmorestamp.com/first-hawaii-duck-stamps|title=Duck Stamp Collection - Wildlife Stamps - Hawaii Postage Stamps|publisher=}} and the Hawaiian Telcom Phone Book Cover featuring Halley's Comet.

In 2008, Ching painted the hundred foot mural for the Salt Lake Public Library.{{cite web|url=http://dags.hawaii.gov/sfca/gallery/displayimage.php?album=4&pid=19575#top_display_media|title=Art in Public Places - Moanalua Memories at Salt Lake/Moanalua Public Library - Art in Public Places Collection|publisher=}} which was featured in national magazines including Wildlife Art News, Audubon, and Birders' World.

Works by Ching are included in the collections of Hawaii's Bishop Museum and the Smithsonian Museum in New York.{{cite web |url=http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-features/ching-complete-five-oil-paintings-during-live-show |title=Ching to complete five oil paintings during live show {{!}} West Hawaii Today |website=westhawaiitoday.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807140838/http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-features/ching-complete-five-oil-paintings-during-live-show |archive-date=2016-08-07}}

Ching has written around twenty books, most of which are about wildlife and nature. In 1998 Ching started writing children's books.

In 1996, Patrick opened the Naturally Hawaiian Gallery from the ruins of an old gas station in the heart of Waimānalo, and in 2008, Patrick Ching Art Gallery opened in Princeville, Kauaʻi.

Ching has written around twenty books, among them are:

• [https://www.patrickching.com/books Honu and Hina: A Story of Coexistence]
• [https://www.patrickching.com/books How Fo Surf Bettah (2010)]
• [https://www.patrickching.com/books The Tale of Rabbit Island (2001)]
• [https://www.patrickching.com/books Sea Turtles of Hawaiʻi (2001)]
• [https://www.patrickching.com/books The Story of Hina (1998)]
• [https://www.patrickching.com/books Endangered Animals of Hawaiʻi (1995)]
• [https://www.patrickching.com/books The Hawaiian Monk Seal (1994)]
• [https://www.patrickching.com/books The Beautiful Birds of Hawaii (1992)]
• [https://www.patrickching.com/books Native Animals of Hawaiʻi (1988)]
• [https://www.patrickching.com/books Exotic Animals in Hawaiʻi]

• List of artists who painted Hawaii and its people

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• [https://www.patrickching.com/ Official website]
• [http://dags.hawaii.gov/sfca/gallery/displayimage.php?album=4&pid=19575#top_display_media Moanalua Memories] at Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library

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Category:1960s births

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