Pamela's Story
“Your art speaks of healing,” said New York artist Makoto Fujimura. A few years ago in his book signing line, I showed him my homemade portfolio. He flipped through my Xeroxed reproductions.
Years before, my parents had enrolled me in art lessons. At 11, my first painting sold. From then on, my fingernails often wore oil paint.
Later my artwork joined Pepperdine University's permanent collection. Soon I began teaching art lessons. Then while I raised our four lively children—my volunteer models—my brushes lay dormant.
In 2009, after picking up my brushes again, my artwork was selected for the National Juried Art Exhibition in Hilton Head, the gallery of the Valley Green Inn in Philadelphia, and the David DeJonge Studio and Gallery in Grand Rapids. In 2010, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Rady Children's Hospital of San Diego, and Children's Hospital of Denver added my artwork to their collections.
By identifying my calling as “healing,” Fujimura empowered my creativity. And I discovered that each stroke within my paintings carries the potential to awaken the human heart. The subtle trail of the brush possesses the power to heal.
