Patric always had a strong inclination towards the visual arts. He studied Design, Fine Art and Painting at Curtin University in Western Australia. In 1986, Patrick started to work as a Fashion illustrator for Vogue Australia, which led him to become a photographer for the magazine. He eventually moved to Paris in 1992, where he began a career in Fashion photography, working with French, Japanese, English, German, Korean, Italian and American advertising and editorial clients.