Pam J. Nelson is a Connecticut native, and presently maintains a studio and gallery in Gales Ferry. She received art training at the University of Connecticut, as well as multiple classes and workshops. Mrs. Nelson taught adult water color classes at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London for 17 years, in addition to private classes in her studio. Pam Nelson has been a juror in regional shows, including the local Mystic Outdoor Art Festival and the Niantic Outdoor Art show. She gives an art scholarship to a graduating high school senior pursuing further art education.

Pam is an Elected Artist Member of the Connecticut Watercolor Society, The Connecticut Women Artists, The New Haven Paint and Clay Club, The Lyme Art Association, The Mystic Arts Center, The Arts and Crafts Association of Meriden, and the Monotype Guild of New England. She also has memberships in Plein Art Painters of Connecticut, and the American Society of Marine Artists.

Pam Nelson exhibits regularly, including the University of Connecticut Jorgenson Art Gallery, The Connecticut Artist show at the Slater Museum, The Hoxie Gallery in Westerly, Rhode Island, The Norwich Arts Council, The Essex Art Association, The Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, and The Connecticut River Museum in Essex; also at the Newport Art Museum and at SOHO Gallery in NYC, in addition to the organizations previously listed for memberships.

Pam Nelson has received many awards and prizes; recently from the Mystic Arts Center and the Essex Art Association. She has been featured in press articles such as the New York Times Connecticut Section, The Record-Journal of Meriden, The Day of New London, The Westerly Sun, The Mystic River Press, and the newer local “Times” newspaper.

Mrs. Nelson’s paintings are in public and private collections including Northeast Utilities, law firms in New London County and in Rockefeller Center in New York City, and Lawrence and Memorial Hospital of New London. Her work is part of collections from Europe, across the United States, to New Zealand.

Artist Statement

Art is all consuming, an essential aspect of life. I pay considerable attention to art all around me – everywhere. Creating art is a compulsion. Painting has long been an important facet of my life. Watercolor, versus oil and other media, is still my favorite compulsion after many years. I am constantly excited by shapes, contrasts, and ideas all around me. It is joyful to paint something I get intrigued with, and often it may be just a small part of the overall painting that has attracted me. Subject matter, in my opinion, is not as important as the atmosphere, light or shapes that involved it. I definitely prefer to paint on location. It is stimulating, also, to try new materials, colors, and techniques. As a result, my painting as a collection shows a great amount of variety. My style of work tends towards representational art, but occasionally my work can be quite abstracted.

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