Patricia Raney had the good fortune to grow up in a family that values creative expression. The Raney's spent most family holidays in art or science museums, including a summer-long tour through the museums of Europe when Pat was 10 years old.
Encouraged by her mathematician father to study science, Pat studied molecular biology in college and spent eight years as a researcher in that field before attending medical school. She continued to take art classes whenever possible, including art history and studio art in college, and a design series at the Museum School of the MFA in Boston.
After graduating from medical school and completing her residency, Pat joined the staff of Outer Cape Health Services in Wellfleet. Shortly thereafter, under the guidance of sculptor Ellen Sidor, she studied stone carving. Pat has become so passionate about sculpting, that she has taken a sabbatical from her medical career to work on her art full-time.
