Pamela Mummy  ARTIST'S STATEMENT

Pamela Mummy's art is rooted in her love of the Renaissance.  Her classical approach, with an emphasis on the beautiful, is expressed through several media- painting, drawing and sculpture.  Her passion is figurative- rich earth tone paintings in oil, warm graphite drawings and powerful three dimensional work with clay.

While traveling in Italy, she focused her attention on the rich array of figurative art.  It deeply influenced both her imagination and her technique.  Her study of figurative work there had an enormous influence on her creativity.  The Golden Rectangle, considered since the Renaissance as perfect visual balance, is often acknowledged in the classical linear perspective that is the foundation of her paintings.  Hidden objects and words are secretly nested in her sculptures and paintings, reflecting her affection for intrigue.

Ms. Mummy also lived in Japan and that experience has influenced her work in other ways.  There is an attention to detail so often associated with Japanese culture.  The contradiction of this culture's external calm and internal turmoil influenced her awareness of embellishments, textures and patterns.  Life's experiences become integral to the pursuit of art.

A popular theme of her art is the choice between "Fight and Flight".  Conflict is familiar to all of us.  Both her two and three dimensional pieces often include armor or wings.  Sometimes it is best to meet the problem head-on, and other times the best solution is to move on- we choose armor or wings as life dictates.  Her figures reflect this dilemma in the honesty of their expressions and the tension of their stance.

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 Studio...Preparing for "White" Show at Semantics

Education

• California State University, Fullerton: Fine Arts and Ceramics                                      

•  San Jose State University, Fine Arts                                                             

•  San Diego State University, Graphic Arts, Bachelor of Arts Degree

• Sculpting Workshop with Philippe Faraut

         Exhibitions

• "Doors", Fraker/Scott Gallery, Aug 2011

• "White", One person exhibit at Semantics Gallery, Dec~Jan 2012

• Edmonds Art Walk, Manya Vee's, Sculpting demo, Aug 2011

• "Arte des Femmes", Fraker/Scott Gallery, Seattle WA, Apr 2011

• Featured artist, River Sea Gallery, Astoria OR, Jan 2011

• "Honey I Shrunk the Art", Matzke Gallery, Camano Island WA, Dec 2011

• Cover artist on PNWS Dimensions Newsletter, June-July 2010

• "Fight or Flight", Gallery By the Bay, Stanwood, WA, Nov 2009

• "Art on the Town", Bellevue, WA, 2009

• Pacific Art League, "Figures & Faces", Palo Alto, CA, received Honorable Mention, Aug 2009

• Pacific Northwest Sculptors Exhibit, Portland International Airport, Jan - Aug, 2009

• Sculptor Exhibit, Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR, Mar 2009

• Edmonds Art Festival, Edmonds, WA : 2004-2010 Sculpture Division

• Clay Times Magazine- Featured in January/February 2006 & 2007 Gallery Exhibition

• "Heartbreaker" Exhibit, Port Townsend, WA- 2007

• Unclad Art Show, Stanwood, WA- 2006-2011 Juried Show

Member of Pacific Northwest Sculptors

 Manya Vee Selects, Edmonds WA     Gallery By the Bay, Stanwood WA

Matzke Gallery, Camano Island WA     River Sea Gallery, Astoria OR         

Schack Gallery, Everett WA     Semantics Gallery, Edmonds WA

Collections

DeEtta Demaratus,       Ross/Greer

*Please note all sales are exclusively through current galleries.

Contact Pamela Mummy @ pamturzel1212@hotmail.com