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Pam Serra-Wenz
Artist Statement for Pam Serra-Wenz:
Being an artist provides me with the ability to immerse myself in hours of play and creativity. It allows me to share my dreams with others.
My paintings embody movement and color intensity. Sometimes I dream about what I will create. The results of my dreams are reflected in some of my abstract paintings.
I am grateful to have an opportunity to grow and develop a skill that flows with the richness of life.
"Paintings that embody movement and color"
My Process for Mixed Media + Sgraffito:
I use everything but a brush. In 2010 I created my process developing a three day underpainting of mixed media, gels and intense fluid paints with a lot of manipulation. I apply my surface paint with a palette knife, swizzle stick, color shaper, chunk of wood, linoleum and whatever else is around to work the paint. Then I sgraffito off paint to reveal the underpainting. The sub-illuminated quality of each painting reveals a complex and rich finish.
My Process for Oregon Rain Paintings:
It rains a lot in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) and I have found a way to appreciate it. I set out my substrate in the rain to get it wet. Then, I apply high pigment fluid acrylic paints over the substrate and dance while the rain does it’s thing. I take the painting inside the shop and minimally manipulate the painting surface. Paintings usually have several rains and each rain takes about three days to dry. These paintings can hang in front of shaded window areas so that natural light will reveal the substrate’s transparency. "I love to dance in the rain!"
![Sun Dreams by Pam Serra-Wenz Sun Dreams by Pam Serra-Wenz](https://rivergalleryart.com/photos/pam_serra-wenz/thumbs/994-sun-dreams_wenz.jpg)
Sun Dreams
Mixed media with Scrafitto
36x 36
![Writhing Waters by Pam Serra-Wenz Writhing Waters by Pam Serra-Wenz](https://rivergalleryart.com/photos/pam_serra-wenz/thumbs/995-writhing-waters.jpg)
Writhing Waters
Mixed media with Scrafitto
20 x 24
![Fire at Sea by Pam Serra-Wenz Fire at Sea by Pam Serra-Wenz](https://rivergalleryart.com/photos/pam_serra-wenz/thumbs/996-fire-at-sea.jpg)
Fire at Sea
Mixed media with Scrafitto
12 x 12
![Place of Dreams by Pam Serra-Wenz Place of Dreams by Pam Serra-Wenz](https://rivergalleryart.com/photos/pam_serra-wenz/thumbs/1002-place-of-dreams-wenz.jpg)
Place of Dreams
Mixed media with Scrafitto
24" x 30"
![Dreamscape by Pam Serra-Wenz Dreamscape by Pam Serra-Wenz](https://rivergalleryart.com/photos/pam_serra-wenz/thumbs/1003-img_1950-copy.jpg)
Dreamscape
Mixed media with Scrafitto
18" x 24"
![Starting Fresh by Pam Serra-Wenz Starting Fresh by Pam Serra-Wenz](https://rivergalleryart.com/photos/pam_serra-wenz/thumbs/1004-starting-fresh.jpg)
Starting Fresh
Mixed media with Scrafitto
24 x 36
![Chasing Dreams by Pam Serra-Wenz Chasing Dreams by Pam Serra-Wenz](https://rivergalleryart.com/photos/pam_serra-wenz/thumbs/1020-chasing-dream_pam-sera-wenz.jpg)
Chasing Dreams
Mixed Media
24"x 30"
![Dreaming on the Beach by Pam Serra-Wenz Dreaming on the Beach by Pam Serra-Wenz](https://rivergalleryart.com/photos/pam_serra-wenz/thumbs/1021-dreaming-on-the-beach_pam-serra-wenz.jpg)
Dreaming on the Beach
Mixed media with Scrafitto
11" x 14"
![Dream Fragments by Pam Serra-Wenz Dream Fragments by Pam Serra-Wenz](https://rivergalleryart.com/photos/pam_serra-wenz/thumbs/1022-dream-fragments_pam-serra-wenz.jpg)
Dream Fragments
Mixed media with Scrafitto
24" x 30"
![Precipice by Pam Serra-Wenz Precipice by Pam Serra-Wenz](https://rivergalleryart.com/photos/pam_serra-wenz/thumbs/755-pam_precipice.jpg)
Precipice
Mixed Scrafitto on canvas
30" x 40"
Price: $1,200.00