Art
Pamela has painted most of her life, however, in recent years she has refined her techniques and created a niche for herself at the National Academy of Design in New York City. Her most popular work, “New Hope,” was inspired by the events of 9/11, and has been received with rave reviews from art critics, who have said “there is a harmony of patriotism, religion and beauty done in a dignified, calm manner.” The painting won the 2002 mural scholarship awarded by the Abbey Foundation with the National Academy of Design. The painting was featured at the 2007 Alumni show at National Academy.
Pamela looks for interesting angles in many of her paintings. In a work entitled “The Last Temptation of Christ,” she uses an incarcerated man as her model, and depicts him looking skyward towards heaven. This piece was revered as “arguably the most beautiful painting currently hanging in Abingdon” in a local paper. Pamela is currently painting commissioned portraits, and teaches private lessons on oil painting each Spring in New York City.
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