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About the Artist

Pamela Sweda

Born and raised in Haverhill, Massachusetts, Pamela Sweda spent her summers playing on the beaches along the New England coast and drawing pictures. When she picked up a pencil and started to draw before she took her first steps, Pamela’s parents knew their daughter had a gift. From those early days, the passion that has become her driving force began to grow. Through childhood, adolescence and into early adulthood, Pamela explored her artistic nature seeking her voice. After receiving a degree in art education from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, VA. she spent many years teaching art at both the high school and elementary school levels.

 

After years of working in multiple media, Pamela found that watercolors were her passion. She has spent the past 15 years refining her technique and developing her own unique style. She has focused on portraits of people and animals, flowers she photographs from her garden and still life’s. Combining a marvelous attention to detail with a radiant and affectionate view of the world, a common response to her pieces is, “There is nothing dark about Pamela’s work.” Her portraits of people reveal empathy and love for the human condition, while the paintings of animals display the aesthetic charm and warmth that pets bring into our lives. The artist’s love of nature is no more apparent then in her luminous treatment of flowers.

 

Her first exhibit, Watercolors in Winter, held in February 2001, marked the beginning of Pamela’s public career. The one-woman show brought enthusiastic reviews and gave the artist the impetus to make the total commitment to her artistic vision. Now, after celebrating her 50^th birthday, Pamela Sweda is focusing on the production of her work. She has retired from teaching art and now spends her days painting and walking in the woods with her two Golden Retrievers, Grendel and Elijah Baley. Her most recent show was held in October 2002 at The Outsiders Gallery, in Litchfield, Connecticut.

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