Pamela Geiger
Saint Augustine, FL - United States
Pamela Geiger - Fine Artist
Member Since: 01/10/2010
Pamela Geiger, artist in oils
Represented in St. Augustine at AVILES GALLERY, 11 C Aviles Street in the Old City.
Studio: 616 Coral Circle
St. Augustine, FL 32080
904.669.2159
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Painting the Old, Beautiful, & Disappearing Florida is my passion.
One summer long ago on Nantucket, and inspired by that lovely island, I began to paint. In the Fall, I stood by a river in Massachusetts and painted my first commissioned work -- a turn-of-the-century hydropower plant a friend has restored into a self-contained micro-brewery. My first 'plein air' work, it hangs in his living room outside Boston. I was on my way!
Far and wide I have travelled, always with my sketchbook and paint box. Paintings of the places and people are the backbone of my learning. Many artists have guided and influenced me.
2010 - Roger Bansemer workshop St. Augustine Art Association
2008 - Larry Moore workshop in Jacksonville
2007 -- AllaPrimaGallery Plein Air workshop. St. Petersburg, FL
2006 -- Marc Hanson, plein air oil workshop, Jacksonville, FL
2004 -- Connie Winters, NC. oil workshop
2003 -- Charles Gruppe, Green Cove, Springs, FL. oil workshop
2002 -- Dorothy Newland, Troika Gallery, Easton, MD. private portrait lessons.
2001 -- Lois Ferguson, BIG Arts, Sanibel Island, FL. weekly art workshop
Now I am settled in St. Augustine, Florida. At the Art Association's Monday Night Sketch Group, I have grown as a figure painter. I am a charter member of PAASA, Plein Air Artists of St. Augustine. We paint in the open air at local landmarks twice a month.
Plein air paint outs have been helpful in developing style and confidence, as well as growing a network of friend artists.
2010 April - Spring Art & Craft Fest, St. Augustine
2010 March - Melrose 'Open Air Arts.
2009 October - Crescent Beach Paint out. Best and most fun paint out!
2009 June & July - Island Fine Art, Crescen Beach, Two Man Show with my photographer husband, Andrew Welton
2009 April - Open Air Art at Melrose
2009 March - paint the Town, St. Petersburg
2008 -- St. Augustine Art Association Fall Art & Craft Festival
2008 -- Crescent BeachPaint Out
2007 -- 'Paint the Town, St. Petersburg'
2007 -- Melrose 'Paint the Town' Best Historical or Architectural Setting Award
2005 -- Island Fine Art, Crescent Beach 'Anastasia Island Paint Out'
2002 -- present, PAASA, Plein Air Artists of St. Augustine
2002 -- present, St Augustine Art Association Monday Night Sketch Group
Aviles Gallery is home to my work now. Five of us artists founded the gallery and have enjoyed much success. It seems, even in this difficult economy, people want the beauty of original fine art in their homes. It truly lights the way. I am humbled and honored when a patron trades his hard earned money for the fruits of my labor. And it happens frequently. Our gallery makes me so happy.
Locally, my paintings have hung at our Art Association, Mullet Beach Gallery, Aviles Street Gallery, Island Fine Art in Crescent Beach, GOLA in Flagler Beach, Amici's Italian Restaurant, and Zhanras Arts & Eats. Melrose Bay Gallery and Bellamy Road Gallery represent me in Melrose, FL. My works hang on the walls of patrons, relatives, and friends in France, Germany, Italy, Canada, the Virgin Islands, and the U.S.A.
These books have lighted my way:
BANSEMER'S SOUTHERN SHORES, Roger Bansemer
CARLSON'S GUIDE TO LANDSCAPE PAINTING, John Carlson
HOW TO PAINT SUCCESSFUL SEASCAPES, Roger W. Curtis;
ALLA PRIMA, Richard Schmidt;
BRUSHWORK, Emile Gruppe;
KEYS TO DRAWING, Bert Dodson;
CREATIVE AUTHENTICITY, Ian Roberts;
A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PAINTINGS AT ORSAY, Orsay Museum Store, Paris;
THE AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISTS, Donelson F. Hoopes;
COLOR MIXING THE VAN WYK WAY, Helen Van Wyk
Affiliations: St. Augustine Art Association, PAASA (Plein Air Artists of St. Augustine), PAF (Plein Air Florida), & SPRAA (St. Petersburg Representational Art Association).
'My Goal is to portray the Peace & Joy painting gives me in oil on canvas for you.'
Thank you for taking your time to look at my paintings. If you enjoyed them, I am a success!
