This body of work attempts to visually represent my immersion in the painting process. Using music and movement as an integral part of my creative practice, the works take on a narrative, a visual language that is collected from both internal and external thoughts and experiences. Although they result as a landscape metaphor, they are not of or about a specific place, but a response to how I translate this process on to a canvas.
I would best describe my work as digestible abstract, a landscape with hints of the obvious. I work mostly on large scale canvas and linen in oils and also enjoy working on paper and board with mixed media. My work attempts to capture the mood, atmosphere and raw energy of places travelled and experienced. I rely on memory to recreate scenes and experiment with colour and tone. I'm mostly inspired by the physical act of the painting process, I use music and movement as an integral part of the creative process.
I don't always have set rules for painting, the work will often take on a life of its own and each colour and brush stroke made, will dictate the next. In this dance and relationship with the surface, I allow the colour and the placement of marks and shapes to play and interact. There are many variables when creating a work and you have to be willing to lose and regain images until it's resolved. The best marks made and paintings created are when I seemingly disappear for a while in my work, and when I return I know that I have had some kind of 'happening' with the canvas.
Pamela is a Sydney based artist and works from her studio at One Plus 2 Artist Studios, Lilyfield. Pamela attended the National Art School at Darlinghurst Sydney 1989 - 1991, completing her Diploma in Fine Art, then went on to complete her Masters in Art Therapy at the University of Western Sydney Nepean in 1994 - 1995.
Pamela's art works have been acquired by Allen Arthur Robinson Collection in Sydney. She has been a finalist in numerous Art Awards such as The Blake Prize, The Paddington Art Prize, NSW Parliament Plein Air, Pro Hart Broken Hill Outback Art Prize, Stanthorpe Art Prize - Queensland, and The John Leslie Art Prize - Victoria. Pamela's works are in private collections across Australia and in countries such as France, Canada, USA, Japan, England and Hong Kong. Pamela won the overall $10,000 2014 Gosford Regional Gallery Art Prize, won the $15,000 Gosford Regional Gallery Art Prize again in 2015 for her work 'Dusk Falls Across The Flinders', and most recently won the 2019 Hunters Hill Art Prize for her work 'Saulėtekis'.
Pamela Honeyfield
Stream of Consciousness
July 28-August 20, 2021