Pamela Burgess Named Theodore Payne Foundation's First Artist-in-Residence
April 1, 2008 thru December 31, 2008
As you stroll the Foundation’s grounds this summer, you may notice a woman intently sketching a plant part – or, more precisely, the shadow of that plant part. The woman you’re watching is Pamela Burgess, TPF’s first Artist-in-Residence.
Pamela’s residency at Theodore Payne covers a nine-month period from April 1 through December 31, 2008. During this time, she will produce a body of work in various media based on California native plants found in the Foundation’s gardens and nursery. She will also teach classes, the first of which, “An Introduction to Field Journals,” was held in April. Her residency culminates with an exhibition of “shadow drawings,” journals and sculpture running October through December in the Theodore Payne Art Gallery.
Pamela’s career spans the graphic and fine arts. Her sculptures in steel and stone, and found natural materials led to a fine furniture line, a large-scale sculpture commission in downtown Los Angeles, and exhibitions at Occidental College and the Los Angeles County Museum Rental Gallery. Recent exhibitions include Metro Gallery in Los Angeles and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson.
In addition to working with nature and art, Pamela is active in the community. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park (since 1996), and in 2007, she was appointed to the City of Los Angeles Elysian Park Master Plan Oversight Committee. She is a member of the Southern California Horticultural Society, and the Sierra Club Camera Committee (Angeles Chapter).
Pamela’s work is motivated by a fascination with nature and its materials, and a reverence for craftsmanship. Each of her drawings represents the shadow cast by a botanical and captures a moment in time - the transitory nature of life. They are intended to express a kind of serenity similar to a direct experience of nature.
We’re delighted to have her at the Foundation!
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