Pamela Allen

Pamela has been a lab technician and a painting and collage artist. She started out making collages out of fabric and this past year, she has been adding intricate quilting motifs that she free hand quilts. . Pamela lives in Kingston, Ontario with her husband who is also an artist.
Pamela gave me this message to you - I favour a rather informal style where the image is developed as a sort of "stream of consciousness". By that I mean each element grows from what has taken place previously. This attitude works well with my drawing-with-scissors technique, which allows me to put down background, primary shapes with prints and recycled fabrics, and then develop the narrative by additions and reductions depending on how the composition is developing. I have a largish collection of books on folk art, outsider art, and non European art which inspire me. I can relate to the kind of art that is spontaneous and unselfconscious. It’s as if the idea goes directly from the heart to the hand, bypassing the brain and it’s preconceived ideas. Emulating this philosophy allows me to keep an open mind right to the very completion of each project I look for the personal element in art, where the artist seems to have direct knowledge or experience with her subject matter. When I am working, I have to have a personal stake in it to maintain my interest.

Pamela was just notified that she was nominated for teacher of the year by Professional Quilter Magazine.

Pamela	Tooth Fairy
One Hot Mama	Lady Luck