Pamela M. Miller
Pamela M. Miller is well known for her portraits of children, and is equally noted for her landscapes and hayrolls. In the early 1970's, she received her teaching certification from the Northland College in Wisconsin where she majored in pottery in Studio Arts. After graduation she was an intern teacher at the George School, in Newtown, Pennsylvania.
She opened her first studio in Rever, Pa.. In her second studio in Riegelsville, Pa., she and her sister bought a clay mixing business, where they mixed clay for art schools, colleges and studio potters. In her New Hope Studio, Pam continued working, teaching and selling her pottery until 1986.
Meanwhile she had been studying figure painting with Jacque Fabert and Bonnie McLean, in Buckingham, which marked the beginning of her reputation as an accomplished portrait painter of children. She now has many portrait commissions.
ARTISTS STATEMENT I like to compose landscapes defined by intense color and the changing light of the day. Many of my landscapes represent the round shapes in the familiar form of the hayroll. These hayrolls are a part of the local New Hope scene that will soon disappear. The big sky and agricultural contours of the Sugan Road and Kitchens Lane will be a memory. It is to the simple pleasure of viewing a field, to the work of a farmer's imprint upon the land and of the seasons that I dedicate my paintings.
Miller has won may awards over the years, including: Phillips Mill Juried Exhibitions, Artsridge, Lambertville Historical Society Exhibitions Pam and her husband are members of the Solebury Farmers Club.
