Pamela is happiest creating something. She especially loves Florida and Bermuda flora and fauna, with all its organic shapes and vibrant colors.

Pamela always has two or three paintings going at once, so she can let one dry and move on to another, but mostly she just has so many ideas in her head that she has to begin them ASAP. She paints house portraits on commission and lighthouses plus the odd request – as long as she’s not hanging from scaffolding.

She also sculpts in stone and clay to create large fish using shells, driftwood, sea glass and beach finds. Pamela enjoys making her own frames in wood. She has just discovered Geli printing and looks forward to creating new work using that method.

Pamela plein-air paints with a group during the spring, summer and fall, traveling all over Fairfield County for great spots to capture on canvas. She says painting outdoors has a whole new sense of light and painting with friends is fantastic. She hopes her work has made the viewer smile or has taken them to a sweet memory – that is what her work is all about.

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