It started with a trickle | Pam Walpole | August 2022

It star ted with a trickle PA M W A L P O L E

It started with a trickle | Pam Walpole 22 August - 12 September, 2022 Official opening: Saturday 27th August, 4-6 pm

5/43 Access Crescent Coolum Beach, QLD 4573 T: (07) 5471 7366 E: art@coolartgallery.com.au W: www.coolartgallery.com.au

ARTIST STATEMENT The unpainted surface – the white space - is as important to me as the painted image.

From bold canvases with gestural, emotive brushworks, to delicate works on paper in pen and crayon, minimal in approach, yet each with a story.

Pam’s latest series is the landscape affected by the volume of unseasonal rainfall and power of excess water on a saturated land. Run-off, trickling, seeping, flowing, floodwaters engulfing – chaos!

“Shut away in my studio I was never far from the original inspiration – the power and fascination of water, and the detritus left behind evolved as I painted – one mark leading to the next – unplanned, yet controlled.”

- Words courtesy of the artist

Cover image: River bend 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas 142 x 190 cm $7000

It started with a trickle 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas 150 x 150 cm $6800

Flood plain II 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas 150 x 150 cm $6800

In flood I & II 2021 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas 91 x 244 cm $6500

Overflow 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas 152 x 172 cm $7000

The banks have broken II 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas 152 x 172 cm $7000

River bend II 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas 137 x 137 cm $5000

Peeping through the clouds 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas 112 x 152 cm $5200

ABOUT THE ARTIST Pam Walpole attained a diploma in Commercial Illustration at Brisbane Central Technical College (now QUT), followed by a career as a graphic artist in various advertising agencies, until completing a Fine Art degree at the Brisbane Institute of Art. She has had 15 solo exhibitions to date, and has participated in many selected group exhibitions.

Pam has won numerous awards in both painting and sculpture, spanning her fine art career.

Her work is held in public, private and corporate collections, throughout Australia and overseas.

Pam’s paintings have been commissioned for the Private and Public Sunshine Coast University Hospitals and Royal Brisbane Women’s and Greenslopes Private Hospitals.

Pam putting the final touches on Flood Plain II Image courtesy of Christine Hall, MyPhotomotion

Singed 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 75.5 x 83 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $1500

Flood plain 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 75.5 x 83 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $1500

A pattern of paddocks I 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 75.5 x 83 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $1500

A pattern of paddocks II 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 75.5 x 83 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $1500

Swollen river I 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 70.5 x 83 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $1500

Swollen river II 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 70.5 x 83 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $1500

Swollen river III 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 72 x 69.5 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $1100

Salt lake 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 72 x 69.5 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $1100

Broken banks 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 53 x 51 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $850

It started with a trickle III 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 53 x 51 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $850

Swollen river 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 53 x 51 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $850

Dancing on water V 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 44 x 42.5 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $650

Cold burn 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 44 x 42.5 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $650

Dancing on water IV 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 39.5 x 37.5 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $520

Passing squall I 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 44 x 42.5 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $650

Fish nets 2021 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 39.5 x 37.5 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $520

Dancing on water II 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 39.5 x 37.5 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $520

Dancing on water III 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 39.5 x 37.5 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $520

Dancing on water VI 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 40 x 37.5 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $520

Dancing on water VII 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 40 x 37.5 cm, framed in dark-stained oak $520

Trees in flood 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 40 x 65 cm, diptych. framed in dark-stained oak $750

Fishing nets 2021 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 40 x 55 cm, diptych. framed in dark-stained oak $650

Inlet crossing 2021 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 60 x 60 cm, framed in white $1100

Seaview creek 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 60 x 60 cm, framed in white $1100

Dune ridge 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 80 x 80 cm, framed in white $1500

Where dragonflies flit 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 80 x 80 cm, framed in white $1500

So green after the rain 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas on board 35 x 35 cm, framed in aluminium $750

Dusk 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas on board 35 x 35 cm, framed in aluminium $750

Skimming the surface 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas on board 40 x 40 cm, framed in aluminium $850

Submerged 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas on board 40 x 40 cm, framed in aluminium $850

Inlet moods I 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas on board 40 x 40 cm, framed in aluminium $850

Passing squall III 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas on board 40 x 40 cm, framed in aluminium $850

Just a trickle I 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas on board 49.5 x 49.5 cm, framed in aluminium $980

Just a trickle II 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas on board 49.5 x 49.5 cm, framed in aluminium $980

Skimming the surface I 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas on board 49.5 x 49.5 cm, framed in aluminium $980

Skimming the surface II 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas on board 49.5 x 49.5 cm, framed in aluminium $980

A mosaic of dreams II 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas on board 44 x 43.5 cm, framed in aluminium $980

A mosaic of dreams III 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas on board 44 x 43.5 cm, framed in aluminium $980

A mosaic of dreams I 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas on board 90 x 87.5 cm, framed in aluminium $2500

Published by CA Gallery All images courtesy of Christine Hall, My PhotoMotion

All artwork subject to availability All artwork copyright to the artist