Artist Spotlight
WORLD TRAVELER AND DISTINGUISHED ARTIST PAMELA WHISTANCE
By Ron Powers
SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild’s “Member of the Month,” Pamela Whistance told me this: “Interestingly, horses started me on my art journey. They were the reason I began drawing at age 6. Horses and art have always been a strong part of my life”
And what a life it’s been! New York City born, she earned a B.A. and a B.Ed. with a double major, art and English. While she lived in New York City, she “jumped at the chance” to attend classes and ateliers in studio art and sculpture at the storied “Art Students League.”
Pamela describes herself as a “traveler of the world.” She’s lived in South Africa, Austria, Canada, England, Belgium, and Thailand. She’s written a book about Thailand’s Klongs and she is a produced and published playwright.
But art is her first love. She’s taught studio art at the university level and also continuing education classes. She said she will continue teaching art classes through the SBFAG here in SaddleBrooke. She and her husband, Thomas—a retired Canadian Air Force Pilot, and also wood-working artist—moved here last summer.
Pamela is happy to be part of the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild. She’ll be teaching workshops on “Painting the Figure” in October with additional classes for all levels on drawing the figure in the future. Drawing or painting figures teaches you about concept, direction, structure, values, color—and being ‘loose.’ In her classes, you’ll learn to have no fears.
