Pamela Shockey

Pamela was born in Bethesda, Maryland and has lived in North  Yarmouth, Maine since 2018. She has a Bachelor of Fine Art degree in  Studio Art from Florida Atlantic University with her focus on oil painting.  She also took courses at Savannah College of Art and Design and  Massachusetts College of Art. She grew up visiting her grandparents in  Maine every year since birth. Those travels repeatedly brought her to  Cape Elizabeth, the surrounding area and Bethel. This established a  strong personal connection to the coast, as well as the mountains. She  is an oil painter who focuses on subject matter ranging from Maine's  inland scenery to its rocky shoreline. She paints en plein air, or “in the  open air,” on location for the majority of her work. She also paints in her  studio when she scales up her plein air paintings or paints still life  subjects like sea glass, shells and flowers. Many of these items are  collected during her outdoor adventures.

Artist Statement:

I find endless inspiration in all that nature has to offer in Maine. My paintings record passages in time, while examining how sunlight illuminates the landscape. Maine's  varied scenery is brought into focus by intensifying the natural colors and using bold  brush strokes in my work. This diverse landscape begs to be captured, and highlights  Maine's undeniable beauty. I paint mostly plein air but will select certain paintings and  scale them up in my studio at home. I also enjoy painting still life subjects such as  flowers, sea glass or any other objects found on my daily excursions. My intention is to  provoke fond memories of the viewer’s past where the landscape or still life connects  them to a time and place they cherish.