Pamela Roberson was born in Tulsa, OK and spent most of her life in Houston, TX where she studied Fine Art at the University of Houston. She has been included in multiple gallery shows with the most notable being a solo show at the Riverwood Art & Gallery in 2014. In 2018, she shifted her work from ink and watercolor on paper to acrylic and mixed media painting. She now resides in Florida continuing to hone her craft and supporting other artists to grow their art.
Read the article, Life in Abstract, from Ocala Style.
Statement
While my art is abstract in its imagery; it is, at its core, all about people, relationships, and the world in which we live. My work depicts people’s relationships with themselves, family, society, and nature. It describes peoples’ thoughts, memories, and feelings as they move through the world. It is about going beneath the surface of what we see and touch and exploring what might exist if we could see into each other’s heads and souls.
I focus on creating from a point where very little is known about the outcome of the piece beyond a particular color, feeling, or the drive to incorporate a certain symbol or shape. I enjoy the excitement and joy of feeling more like an observer and being surprised by what emerges rather than the architect hitting certain milestones during the creation process. There’s a delicate line of balance between controlling the activity of creation and letting it do things you hadn’t planned on. I have found that when I take the role of an active listener, my paintings end up much closer to my original intent of creating something beautiful and meaningful that stands fully-formed apart from me. I find different stories in my pieces and these stories often change from viewing to viewing depending on my own state of mind. Sometimes groups of people become a stand of trees. Sometimes tiny plants become a family gathered together.
What I love is that people find their own meanings and stories within my images. I often find myself learning new things about my work and myself from their impressions.
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