It started with a trickle PAM WALPOLE
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$7000cm
It started with a trickle 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas 150 x 150$6800cm
Flood plain II 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas 150 x 150$6800cm
In flood I & II 2021 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas 91 x 244$6500cm
Overflow 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas 152 x 172$7000cm
The banks have broken II 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on canvas 152 x 172$7000cm
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
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 putting the final touches on Flood Plain II
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Image courtesy of Christine Hall, MyPhotomotion
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’s paintings have been commissioned for the Private and Public Sunshine Coast University Hospitals and Royal Brisbane Women’s and Greenslopes Private Hospitals.
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$850oak
It started with a trickle III 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 53 x 51 cm, framed in dark-stained$850oak
Swollen river 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 53 x 51 cm, framed in dark-stained$850oak
Dancing on water V 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 44 x 42.5 cm, framed in dark-stained$650oak
Cold burn 2022 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 44 x 42.5 cm, framed in dark-stained$650oak
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$650oak
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$750oak
Fishing nets 2021 Pam Walpole Mixed media on paper 40 x 55 cm, diptych. framed in dark-stained$650oak
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