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Awards & Achievements

National Scholastic Art Award: 1979, 1980 among 3 Hawaii finalists

Otis/Parsons Art Institute Achievement Scholarship 1980

California College of Art and Crafts Portfolio Scholarship 1980

Youngest Artist to Design Hawaiʻi’s phone book: 1986

One-man art show at Governor John Waiheʻe's office, Hawaiʻi State Capital 1990

Selected out of an international pool to design Hawaiʻi's first wildlife conservation stamp

Featuring the Nene goose in a Hanalei wetland setting: 1996

Opened Naturally Hawaiian Gallery & Gifts in Waimanalo: 1996

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Featured In

(2019, Fall). Kauaʻi Family Magazine

(2019, August). Sprectrum OC16 Spotlights

(2019, Summer). Kauaʻi Family Magazine

(2019, February 28). The 'KAI' of Ching. The Garden Island, cover and p. A5.

(2017, Fall). Kauaʻi Family Magazine

(2014, January 10). Painting party gives guests Patrick Ching tutelage. The Garden Island.

(2013, January 27). Princeville artist Patrick Ching drops new style, sales concept. Kauaʻi Times.

(2003, July 2). Midweek Cover & pgs 40, 60

(2002, December 5). Honolulu Advertiser B3

(2002, December). Midweek Islander

(2002). Honolulu Advertiser Book Review

(2001, Fall). "Driven” the Magazine for Hawaii's Nissan Owners pg. 10

(2000, July). “Dollhouse Miniatures” pg. 46

(1999, August). Windward Oahu Cover

(1999, Spring). “Hana Hou” Hawaiian Airlines Vol. II No. 2 pg. 11

(1999, February). “Spirit of Aloha” pg. 12
(1998, December/January). “National Wildlife” pgs. 46-47

(1998, July 23). StarBulletin B1

(1998) “North Shore” Collectors Edition, Vol III No. 2 pgs. 42-43

(1998). “North Shore” Collectors Edition, Vol III No. 1

(1997, April). “Spirit of Aloha” pgs. 8-9 

(1997). “The Birds of North America” No. 272 Cover

(1996, December/January). “National Wildlife” pgs. 26-27
(1996, December 13). Honolulu Advertiser B4

(1996, December 13). StarBulletin D5

(1996, October 10). Dispatch Newspaper of Molokai

(1996, September). “Honolulu” pg. 20

(1996, June 22). Honolulu Advertiser Jun 22, 1996 B1

(1996, June 7). The Garden Island Cover

(1996, May 6). Linn’s Stamp News pg 12

(1996, March 5). StarBulletin A9

(1996). Hawaiian Professional Championship Rodeo Cover

(1995, August 10). Honolulu Advertiser

(1995, July). Waimānalo News pg 5

(1995, February 25). C1StarBulletin
(1995, February 12). Honolulu Advertiser

(1995, February 8). Hawaii Hochi
(1995, February 6). Book ReviewStarBulletin
(1995, February 5). CoverMolokai Dispatch
(1995, June/August) Impressive Practices Vol I No. 2 pg 1
(1993, April). “Birder’s World” pgs. 56-59

(1992, November 15). StarBulletin & Advertiser F4
(1992, Winter). “Pacific Art & Travel” pg. 25

(1992, September 13). The Seattle Times/Seattle Post Intelligencer

(1992, August). “Aloha, The Magazine of Hawaii and the Pacific” pgs. 36-39

(1992, June 3). The Kauai Times pgs 8-14

(1992, April 5). Press - Telegram K1 & K4
(1992, January/February). “Antiques & Fine Art” pg. 46

(1991, October 7). StarBulletin
(1991, October) StarBulletin G3
(1991, January/February). “Wildlife Art News” pg. 45

(1991). StarBulletin Book Review
(1989, November 26). The Garden Island A12
(1989, March 24). Honolulu Advertiser A12
(1988, December 13). StarBulletin B1
(1987-1996). ​“Naturally Hawaiian” column in OHA's Ka Wai Ola
(1986, February 23). StarBulletin C7
(1986). Hawaiʻi Phone Book Cover

(1983, May). Pacific Business News

(1983, May). “Cultural Climate”

(1983, April 17). StarBulletin Art Reviewer

Past Events

January 22, 2020 Papahānaumokuākea and Mōlī Painting In Paradise Episode

January 21 through February 1, 2020 KAI Ocean Art Show, Kauaʻi

January 6 through January 18, 2020 KAI Ocean Art Show, New York City

December 25 Forest Birds ʻIʻiwi and Christmas Painting In Paradise Episode

December 14 through December 15 Painting In Paradise Christmas Retreat, Waimānalo, Oʻahu

November 27, 2019 Deer Santa Painting In Paradise Episode

November 23, 2019 Nature Painting Workshop, Oʻahu

November 17, 2019 Painting Workshop, Las Vegas, NV

November 16, 2019 Painting Workshop, Las Vegas, NV

November 15, 2019 Patrick Ching Slideshow and Mermaid Painting Class, Las Vegas, NV

November 9, 2019 Painting Workshop, San Diego, CA

November 8, 2019 Patrick Ching Slideshow and Mermaid Painting Class, San Diego, CA

October 27, 2019 Nature Painting Workshop, Hanalei, Kauaʻi

October 26, 2019 Nature Painting Workshop, Hanapepe, Kauaʻi

October 23, 2019 Forest Birds ʻIʻiwi Painting In Paradise Episode

October 19, 2019 Surfboard Painting Course, Oʻahu

October 1 through October 6 Moloka'i Arts Center, Molokaʻi

September 28. 2019 Kailua Public Library Talk Story, Oʻahu

September 25, 2019 Bird of Paradise Painting In Paradise Episode

September 21, 2019 Nature Painting Workshop, Oʻahu

September 20, 2019 Waimānalo Boat Ramp Pāpio Tournament, Oʻahu

September 8, 2019 Nature Painting Workshop, Kauaʻi

September 7, 2019 Nature Painting Workshop, Kauaʻi

August 28, 2019 Pāpio Painting In Paradise Episode

August 24, 2019 Nature Painting Workshop, Oʻahu

August 16 through August 18, 2019 Made in Hawaiʻi Festival, Oʻahu

August 11, 2019 Nature Painting Workshop, Oʻahu

July 24, 2019 ʻAlalā Hawaiian Crow Painting In Paradise Episode

July 7, 2019 Nature Painting Workshop, Kauaʻi

June 26, 2019 ʻAʻama Crab Kahakai Painting In Paradise Episode

June 23, 2019 Nature Painting Workshop, Waimānalo, Oʻahu

June 8, 2019 Surfboard Painting Workshop, Waimānalo, Oʻahu

June 1, 2019 North Shore Ocean Fest, Turtle Bay, Oʻahu

May 25, 2019 SeaDragons Painting Fundraiser, Waikīkī Aquarium, Oʻahu

May 22, 2019 Art Frog Painting In Paradise Episode

May 19, 2019 Horse Painting Workshop, Honokaʻa, Big Island

May 18, 2019 Hawaiʻi Painting Party, Honokaʻa, Big Island

May 11, 2019 Nature Painting Workshop, Waimānalo, Oʻahu

April 24, 2019 Pueo Painting In Paradise Episode

April 13, 2019 Nature Painting Workshop, North Shore, Kauaʻi

March 31, 2019 Surfboard Painting Workshop

March 30, 2019 Arts for ʻAikahi, Kailua, Oʻahu

March 27, 2019 Honu Painting In Paradise Episode

March 16, 2019 Painting In Paradise Oil Painting Workshop & Artist Castaway Party, Waimānalo, Oʻahu

March 3, 2019 Nature Painting Workshop, North Shore, Kauaʻi

March 2, 2019 Whale Painting Workshop, Kīlauea, Kauaʻi

February 27, 2019 Fun Raising Painting In Paradise Episode

February 27, 2019 Artist Talk Story, Princeville Public Library, Kauaʻi

February 26 to March 9, 2019 Kai Ocean Art Show, Kīlauea Point, Kaua'i

February 4 through February 8, 2019 Kai Ocean Art Show at the Outrigger Reef, Waikīkī, Oʻahu

January 28 through February 1, 2019 Kai Ocean Art Show at the Moana Surfrider, Waikīkī, Oʻahu

January 23, 2019 Octopus Painting In Paradise Episode

June 2018 Keynote Speech at 2018 Conference on Children's Literature