My son, the arts (visual art, music, writing, poetry), jogging, weight training, nutrition, personal training
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The Who, Foreigner, Lou Gramm, Heart, Linkin Park, Evenescence, Pat Benatar, GooGooDolls, Tom Petty, Judas Priest, Rob Thomas...many, many more...too many to list
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The Artist's Way (Julia Cameron)
Heroes
My son, and here he is, kicking serious butt on the drums...my little drummer boy. His face looks so calm and peaceful when he plays ..
my parents, my older sister Lynda (you are the reason I'm an artist!)
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Pamela Sheridan Malden, MA US Fine Artist
Pamela Sheridan Artist Contemplating the portfolio process. If anyone has any suggestions, please pass them on. I have photos of my work... Posted at 12:24 AM Oct 13 view more
Pamela Sheridan’s earliest memories are filled with color, pattern and texture. A native of Malden, MA, Pamela was the middle child of five children and grew up in Malden and surrounding areas. Her family lived in an environment that was over run by addiction and poverty. Through these times, her art was her solace. The colors that she used saturated her life. As long as she had her crayons and paper, she felt she had everything. The act of making art helped her make sense of a world that seemed senseless. Through atrocious abuse received in foster care, Pamela’s art kept her resilient and true to herself. She credits the arts for keeping her on the “right path” in life.
Her early interests were very much influenced by religious works of art. As a young girl she would attend church service just to be surrounded by the detailed stained glass windows where she would lose herself in the translucent colors. Her jungle gym was the sculptures that surrounded the church. She often climbed the figures to touch their hands and poke their eyes. The thought that someone made these pieces amazed her. What also amazed and inspired Pamela was her oldest sister Lynda. Lynda was an amazing, young artist who was also a loving and encouraging entity in Pamela’s life. Pamela’s first awkward drawings were always met with, “(GASP) That is BEAUTIFUL! Keep going!!”, from her eldest sister. Pamela strived to be as good of an artist as Lynda. Along with spiritual art and her sister’s encouragement and inspiration, Pamela’s father, Jack Sheridan, also pushed her to pursue visual art. He was always amazed and proud with the things that his two artist daughters created. He was very comfortable with having two children who were artists and encouraged this path.
Because Pamela was on her own at the young age of seventeen, she did not attend college after graduation. Still, she worked on her art constantly. In 2002 Pamela was able to attend Montserrat College of art, where she received a degree in the field of sculpture and art education.
When Pamela first started attending Montserrat College of Art, she was determined to stay in the realm of classical and representational art. She was very resistant to the abstract nature of the instruction at Montserrat. It was her goal to be able to carve stone as well as her favorite artist, Michelangelo. During her time in college, Pamela was faced with life circumstances and challenges that changed the way she perceived life and how she wanted to express herself. One thing that changed her views on art making was the teachings and philosophy of Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee's philosophy on self expression started the wheels turning in her mind about her own self expression, was it honest or just safe? Then was the death of her cousin’s son due to a heroin overdose. Pamela wanted to make a work of art in honor of this young man but felt that it had to be done in a non-literal fashion. From this, her series “The Fury and the Hope Within” was created. This series of paintings conveys the consuming nature of addiction that she had witness throughout her life, but it also conveys the hope that lies within addiction; hope of recovery, hope of a better life, hope that one’s loved one will be cured of this consuming affliction. This series was Pamela’s first work in abstraction. Although she had one foot through the door of abstraction, she still had the other foot behind her in representational art. This all changed with her 2005 diagnosis of thyroid cancer. Although a cancer diagnosis is often met with fear of the unknown and despair, Pamela let the diagnosis of cancer be something that propelled her into a better place in her life. She let go of the fear that other’s would not understand her work if it was not literal. She dove straight into abstraction and created her sculpture “Paradox”. This sculpture conveys the good and bad in life that exists at the same time. Where one puts focus is how one will fair in situations. For Pamela, she tends to look at the positive. From this point on, Pamela’s work has remained abstract.
Being an artist, Pamela feels, has not been a choice. Many times, being an artist has felt like a double-edged sword. There is a price to pay for being an artist, for being someone who thinks differently and tends to stick out of the crowd, for being someone who doesn’t blend into society at large. Sometimes it is a very lonely place, other times it can feel quite awkward. But, when Pamela is in her studio creating her artwork, she is free. What more can one ask for... to be free.
Ugh!!! Car repairs suck...as do extended warranties. I always turn them down. It's like betting that the car will break. If you believe it's going to break, why buy it in the first place? I dunno...just never sat well with me. I've done the thermostat in my Camry. It wasn't too tough. Typical thing to go, though, so I'm not surprised it's not covered.
Yeah, all set for the fat man in red...ahh, you know how I like my reds. ;) No blue here. LOL!!! Finished wrapping stuff last night. Damn kids are spoiled, I tell ya.
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I created what's in my mind,an try to take it out of my mind. The haters try to keep it in my head by downing me,but I keep focus on putting this new creation out of my mind. An over time,I give birth from out of my mind,to something that can bring light to others.....LOVE & BLESSINGS!!!!
Well the official release date for the book "Duck and Spider" is November 14th, but you can buy it online at the publishers online store at: www.publishamerica.com you just have to type in the search the name of the book.
its available in softcover and hardcover.
it looks like this on the order page.
hope you like it.
barbara jean
Result pages:
Duck and Spider by Written and Illustrated by Barbara Nagle
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Duck and Spider by Written and Illustrated by Barbara Nagle
Hi Pamela, Welcome new friend! AWESOME and UNIQUE ARTWORKS! I like it especially the, "The Fury, Tenacity 3 & The Beginning artworks collections." Keep up the continue GREAT work, and the positives vibes. It's my pleasure to have you in my circle of friends. (^_^) Cheers from New York. Rhonya
