Patrick Anderson, born and raised in Walpole, Massachusetts. Attended Vesper George School of Art in the 1970's where he received instruction from such notables as Robert Cormier, Robert Douglas Hunter, Paul Rahilly and John Terelak. His early promise as a painter was fostered by these masters and he was invited to private studies by John Terelak in America's oldest art enclaves, Rockport and Gloucester, Massachusetts.