Adopted at 3 weeks of age in Hollywood, California, Pat became the son of a mother from Dublin, Ireland and a father who grew up in Liverpool, England. After spending his earliest years in Topanga Canyon, the family moved back to Ireland where his dad introduced the isle to Pespi Co.. Eventually the family settled in Wicklow County outside of Dublin where they had small acreage with cows, horses, and they also happened to bread Irish Red Setters.

After finishing the equivalent of high school, Pat ventured to Liverpool for Ship’s Radio Officer training at Riversdale Collage, and in the home of countless music greats, he quickly found himself on another path - lead singing in a band called Phoenix. His passion for singing lead him to later call cities such as London, Paris, and Oslo, Norway home, and with his band Iron Butterfly, he landed back in the city of his birth, Los Angeles.

After a stint in the City of Angles, he found himself back in Oslo as the lead singer for the band Backstreet Girls… about the same time recording his solo video This is a Man’s World with Kate Moss, who would become the legendary supermodel. Before too long, Pat’s music career landed him back in Malibu, California. And, all the time, traveling from city to city, he’d supplement his nighttime-focused music ambitions with day-time craftwork: building fences, painting, etc. - really anything building oriented.

Finally in 2000, Pat moved up to Bend, Oregon, where his dad had earlier relocated, and years later at Cabin 22 (a local watering hole) he met Life Design Build’s, Brandon Fulton, who at the time ran his own framing company. Pat honed his expertise as a framer, focused his career in that direction, and as they say, the rest is history.