Biography

Pam is one of 13 Australian artists selected for the Fabriano in Acquarello 2018 Watercolour exhibition in Fabriano, Italy, with 70 countries being represented worldwide.

Pam attained a diploma in Commercial Illustration at Brisbane Central  Technical College (now QUT), followed by a career as a graphic artist in various advertising agencies, until completing a Fine Art degree at the Brisbane Institute of Art.

Pam has had 15 solo exhibitions to date, and many selected group exhibitions. She has won numerous awards in both painting and sculpture, spanning her Fine Art career.

Pam’s work is held in public, private and corporate collections, throughout Australia and overseas. She has exhibited in Japan, and South Korea, where she participated in an artist exchange program with the International Creative Community.  Pam has facilitated environment-related workshops with children, creating posters for the Brisbane City Council buses. Her paintings have been commissioned for the Private and Public Sunshine Coast University Hospitals and Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital in 2016.

Pam has collaborated with artist Yanni Van Zijl on environmental installation art. To date for the Noosa Long Weekend Festivals 2015 and 2016,  Art + Architecture Conference, Townsville 2016, Horizon Festival –  Coolum 2017 and Floating Land – Noosa 2017

Artist Statement

Pam’s subjects have been inspired by the natural world – nature at its best and worst, from drought to bushfires – disasters both natural and man-made. These subjects create images to that inspire. Drawing in a bold, minimal style she likes to create the essence of the subject – stripped down at times to the essential lines and patterns, or close-up vignettes of patterns and shapes, capturing the lines of shadows and reflections –  particularly by reflections in waterways, inlets and creeks – marks of mangroves and the minutiae of life.

CV

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