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Pamela Sullivan W
hen Pamela Sullivan and her sister set up Aviary Lane, a hair salon in South Anne Street, Dublin, Pamela was inspired to follow the theme and start painting birds. She loves birds, and likes to tell stories with her paintings. Her bird paintings include ‘Crane and Glory’, which depicts the crane with its blatant flirting pose and crazy hair. ‘Flaming Flamingos’ represents Pam and her sister; the flamingos are walking away from each other, depicting their differing views, and the split background portrays their individual personalities. A third painting, ‘Tail Feathers’, represents the beauty of women and the sometimes unwanted attention of men, background swirls suggesting the ripples in society that this can cause. Pamela’s choice of medium is oil paint, and she uses both the brush and palette knife to achieve many techniques within one painting, creating texture and movement with the paint itself. A mum of two young children living in Skerries, Co. Dublin, Pamela has featured frequently in group exhibitions, and recently exhibited her work at Art Source in the RDS.
A selection of her work can be viewed at www.pamsullivan.art T: +353 87-9580820 E: pamsullivanartist@gmail.com
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