Pam Ackley
ARTIST STATEMENT
Pam Ackley received a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Marymount Manhattan College and a Masters in Clinical Social Work from New York University. In September 2006, Pam began her artistic journey at Silvermine School of Art where she studied still life for eight years with Kirill Doron of the Art Institute of Moscow.
Pam's primary focus was portraiture and her interests were geared towards classical portrait paintings since those paintings use the light so effectivelyTowards that goal, Pam was classically trained in the academic tradition for seven years. Her training was furnished by several instructors from the Florence Academy of Art.
“My paintings are the poetry of my interpretations of reality."
"After my years of formal academic training, I sometimes take my work toward the more contemporary, non-classical style. This is accomplished by combining structure of form along with an organic, reactive approach to color and value. While my still life’s and portraits adhere to the traditional, I often incorporate contemporary design.
Some paintings are a departure from reality in that I allow my reactions to take the painting to places I cannot preconceive as I focus only on the essentials.”
Pam is co-founder and model coordinator for the New Street Guild of Artists in Bridgeport, CT.
NSGA is a private Guild of representational women artists who paint/draw the model from life twice weekly, year-round in their Bridgeport, Connecticut studio.
The Guild Has been in operation since 2009 and ended with Covid in 2020. Pam also co-founded North Light Studio in Bridgeport, CT where she paints still life and non model related work with her colleagues. Pam has had several solo and group shows in Connecticut including Wilton, Greenwich, Westport, Norwalk, Stamford, Darien, Ridgefield and New Canaan.
Her work is in several private collections.
Pam is an elected member of Silvermine Guild of Art as well as Connecticut Women Artists.
Pam Ackley was born and raised in New York City.
Pam's primary focus was portraiture and her interests were geared towards classical portrait paintings since those paintings use the light so effectivelyTowards that goal, Pam was classically trained in the academic tradition for seven years. Her training was furnished by several instructors from the Florence Academy of Art.
“My paintings are the poetry of my interpretations of reality."
"After my years of formal academic training, I sometimes take my work toward the more contemporary, non-classical style. This is accomplished by combining structure of form along with an organic, reactive approach to color and value. While my still life’s and portraits adhere to the traditional, I often incorporate contemporary design.
Some paintings are a departure from reality in that I allow my reactions to take the painting to places I cannot preconceive as I focus only on the essentials.”
Pam is co-founder and model coordinator for the New Street Guild of Artists in Bridgeport, CT.
NSGA is a private Guild of representational women artists who paint/draw the model from life twice weekly, year-round in their Bridgeport, Connecticut studio.
The Guild Has been in operation since 2009 and ended with Covid in 2020. Pam also co-founded North Light Studio in Bridgeport, CT where she paints still life and non model related work with her colleagues. Pam has had several solo and group shows in Connecticut including Wilton, Greenwich, Westport, Norwalk, Stamford, Darien, Ridgefield and New Canaan.
Her work is in several private collections.
Pam is an elected member of Silvermine Guild of Art as well as Connecticut Women Artists.
Pam Ackley was born and raised in New York City.
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