Patrick Zeller worked as an illustrator and news-artist for the San Antonio Express-News from 1994-2008. I kind of burned out and did very little illustration and design work during the last 15 years of retirement.  Since leaving the paper I've made only a few illustrations, logos and maps mostly for friends for free or very little money.  But I am an artist-journalist at my core and recorded my travels around the world shooting many thousands of photographs.  Much of my travels during this time was on a motorcycle; Iran, Turkey, India, Himalayas, Mexico, Guatemala, US and Canada.  Most of these photos have never been shown to the public although I did self-produce an exhibit of photos from Iran in the main gallery at Blue Star Contemporary Arts in 2007 with the help of Chuck Ramirez, Bill FitzGibbons and Andy Benavides, and I gave a slide-show and lecture of my photos from India-Himalayas at The Station Cafe in King William in 2013.  I would describe my photographs as documentary, journalistic and educational. (i.e. I made no profit and the money to produce these two public events came out of my pocket.) In 2023, due to mainly to economic reasons, I have recently come out of retirement and put more time toward designing logos on an individual basis for friends who own their own business.  Although as always I am recording and documenting through photography.  During this time I have not used social media of any kind and have no online presence anywhere. That said it is my intention to one day have all of my edited work online accessible for free to the public.

Born in Chicago - 1966

Lived in Springfield, VA  - 1978-1990

Arrived in San Antonio in 1994

Previous Experience:

1990 - BFA degree in Illustration and Communication Arts from East Carolina University

1990 - Washington Post, freelance illustration (illustrating articles)

1991 - Richmond Times-Dispatch, illustration and new-graphics

1991-1993 - Charleston Post and Courier, illustration and news-graphics

1994-2008 - San Antonio Express-News - illustration and news-graphics