Pat Banks is a signature member of the Kentucky Watercolor Society, Kentucky Guild of Artists, and Craftsmen, founding member of the Gallery on Main, Richmond KY and has illustrated four children’s books. Her work is in the collection of Bristal Myers Squib, St Joseph Hospital, Baptist Health, Louisville Zoo, Appalachian Center at the University of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University and Union College and many other corporate and private collections. She has been a visiting artist in Ecuador, Japan, and France, and is a teaching artist with the Kentucky Arts Council, the Berea Learn Shops and other workshop venues.