Featured Artist Pamela Mower-Conner

Artist Pamela Mower-Conner presents a dreamlike portfolio filled with fantastical figures and scenes. Enjoy, and visit her website to see more.

 

 

Being an artist has always been my dream since early childhood. I was a determined three year old who was often frustrated with her efforts, but my parents were supportive and encouraged me. My mother provided lots of books with color illustrations, so I had many examples to inspire me.

 

 

My family lived in a semi-rural community with several nearby horse ranches, so drawings of horses became a big preoccupation. Fairies and elves living in tree stumps were also favorite childhood themes.

 

 

During my college years I always had a sketchbook in hand and artworks in progress. Graduating from California  State  University, Fullerton with a B.A. and an M.A., I started exhibiting at local galleries and participating in annual exhibits.

 

 

Although I have worked at several different visually oriented careers, illustrator, muralist and graphic designer, fine art painting is the current that runs through my life.

 

 

I work with acrylic paint on either wood or canvas surfaces, although I prefer a smooth surface that allows more details.

 

 

My paintings are usually intuitive and the total composition is not at first developed but unfolding as the painting progresses. Although my process is intuitive, I will also use photo references to add details or veracity to the images. Dream imagery is also  an important source of  ideas, since they have an intensity or haunting quality for me.

 

 

Even though my artworks are realistic in style, the everyday world is not what I am painting. Fantasy, mythology and the energy arising from other levels of existence are my preoccupations. Beings from other spheres, nature elementals and humans from long ago or future times are my usual subjects. This subject matter is likely inspired by metaphysical studies beginning in adolescence.

 

 

In 2003, I enrolled in acupuncture college, graduating in 2007 and starting a part-time career as an acupuncturist. Working as an acupuncturist is a balance to the solitary nature of painting and provides a way to practice the healing arts and help people. Even with this busy schedule, I set aside time to do artwork.

 

 

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