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Artist Statement:
Artist Statement
Pam Cole seeks to spread
delight through art. Her bold
and colorful images are almost
contagious—triggering
instinctive emotions while
continually challenging the
viewer to look beyond
traditional symbols. Dedicated
to self-expression, Cole uses
innovative patterns to tell
visual stories, synthesizing
imagination and reality into
semi-conceptual ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Artist Statement:
Although my style goes against
all traditional teachings, I
have expressed my life’s story
with its highs and lows.
Using various mediums, I cut
glue, paint, on board and
canvas. By naming each piece I
give it a life of it’s own,
hoping to invoke emotional ...
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Pamela Cole Biography:
| Biographical information for Pamela Cole can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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58
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Single
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| Children |
2
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| Religion |
not provided |
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| Education |
Associate Degree |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
art, music, theater, fine dining, cards, scrabble. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Mixed Media
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Art Deco - (1920 - 1935)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
none
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| Favorite Work of Art |
none
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
many |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
not provided |
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| Your Personal Biography |
The 10th floor apartment of artist Pam Cole aka Queenie is artfully cluttered with her works of mixed media. Well-blended into the room is the aroma of ginger-brewed green tea and incense, which wafts out her balcony window into a gapping South-by-Southeast panoramic view of Philadelphia.
Originally, from Connecticut, Queenie, 57, has been living and growing as an artist in Philadelphia, PA for the past eleven years. The dream of sharing her artistic talents to the masses is in the making and in retrospect; is the freshly chosen path for which she has been working and waiting all along.
“My real memories of art don’t really exist before I was in Philadelphia,” she says, recalling how quickly she meshed with the University of the Arts. However, the proverbial ladder Pam had to climb was quite different than most. “It started as a hobby, not really knowing the word ‘art.’ Then, the hobby turned into my life’s work, my life’s focus. I live, eat and breathe art. Everything in my life is surrounded by art.”
Immersed the old-fashioned way—by osmosis—Cole started as a sketch model and eagerly soaked up her art-savvy environment. She interacted with a range of mediums, styles and, most importantly, artists who nurtured her attentive eyes and ears. Cole’s underlying skills as an artist developed rapidly among the city’s friendly and festive arts scene.
“I feel like I’ve been in Art College for the last six years, and there’s a definite feeling of satisfaction and achievement in my life right now,” she says. “Sort of like, ‘You’ve come a long way, baby,’—and I’ve come a long way, baby. Now, I want as many people as possible to have and see and own art.”
Pam’s WORK
“I never gave it a second thought and just went straight to the spray can,” she says. “My art is mostly mixed-media—paper, collage, found objects—but I put it together in a memorable way that sticks in the mind. I create various patterns using wide spectrum of color combinations giving my works names and lives of their own. People are able to pick out my art. I do not need a signature. That’s the whole idea of being unique.”
Queenie’s most extensive group of work, “Journey to Innerpeace,” is an emotionally filled collection of color, line, shape and mood. Created mostly with spray-paint and stencils, it tends to grow on the viewer as the nuances of detail are unveiled.
“Whatever emotion you feel when you see my work, know you are not the only one,” she says. “Passion, broken hearted, bobbing-and-weaving, lost, torn, bliss, burning-love, truly inspired—all those things are feelings of life. I want you, the viewer, to know I’ve felt that, too, and you’re not alone in this world.”
“I make my art from my gut, from my spirit, from whatever life’s journey I’m on that day—the work comes from that,” she said. “Every day is a challenge, but I like the idea of being different—everybody’s on the left and I’m on the right, or I’m on the right and everyone else is on the left. I like to put together colors people do not usually use.
Possibility is at the forefront and I want to share in the dream of fostering others.”
In August ’06, Pam had an opening at The Plastic Club on Camac St., which featured works of Pam Cole as a sketch model. Instead of creating art, Philadelphia artists use Cole as the subject of art for others to interpret. Since Cole started modeling at The Plastic Club, this show is a nostalgic one. It is where her knowledge of art and the art world was born
FUTURE
Queenie’s fully interactive website, is her latest work-in-progress. Scheduled to be running in 2009, her website will allow viewers all over the world to enjoy her artwork, create greeting cards, and a blog which you can read as she continues her Journey to Inner Peace.
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Cole also works as an image consultant and is working toward financial independence in hopes to open a studio or gallery, where the masses can come to share, show and discuss art as planned.
For more information about Queenie Cole
Email: queeniespalace@msn.com
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