Working from subjects close to home as well as from her travels to Spain and Costa Rica, Pam Kinsey works in pastels, oils and acrylics. Capturing light on the landscape is her specialty; but capturing light on the southern landscape is her passion. Described as atmospheric and ethereal, her work has garnered First Place and Judges Choice Awards from local, regional and international judges. She has been featured in solo, group and invitational exhibitions.
Her collaborative project at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago holds the distinction of being the first to be held over for extended exhibition. Her work is included in numerous personal and corporate collections, including the President’s Collection at Mississippi College.
A native Jacksonian, Kinsey has studied pastel painting with Alan Flattman, as well as painting and sculpture with Dr. Samuel Gore. She holds a Master of Arts degree from Mississippi College in both 2-D and 3-D art, graduating Summa Cum Laude. In addition to her personal artistic endeavors, she teaches Advanced Placement Art to 4th -12th grade students at the Power Academic and Performing Arts Complex. Her students boast many statewide awards, and in 2011 Kinsey was recognized as Mississippi’s Thad Cochran Distinguished Art Educator of the Year.
Artist’s Statement
An impromptu pastel workshop with Alan Flattman forever changed the way I view my surroundings; a gift of pastels, encouragement, and guidance from a dear friend and fellow artist forever changed my life, bringing art to the forefront in
ways I never imagined possible. After a lifetime in financial and retail management, my return to art was serendipitous…and joyous!
An emotional connection to my subject is paramount, be it a distinct mood, an engaging palette or an entertaining visual pun. But no matter the subject, I must be engaged by the light. It must capture my attention in some way. With its constant changes, the play of light fascinates me. How it warms or cools our environment. How it sharpens or softens; brings forth or obscures. I seem to have a memory for the effects of light on places I see and will forever love the play of light on the landscape. My hope is to bring the viewer the same sense of peacefulness or joy or humor which initially inspired me.