Biography

PAM SIMS- is an acrylic and watercolor artist. Her acrylic painting style is impressonist but she also paints in the abstract. When she wants to work in a more realistic style of painting she turns to her watercolors, painting botanicals and wildlife because of the tremendous detail that watercolor provides to her work. Pam started painting about 3 years ago after taking an online course on a whim. Her now friend, Cindy Wider from Australia gave her the tools to pursue this new found passion for painting. Cindy taught her how to draw using graphite and colored pencils which she finds invaluable. This gave her the catalyst to want to keep learning. Online courses made it possible for her to learn to paint botanical and wildlife from artists in England. Acrylics always seemed too difficult to work with but she wanted to develop skills so again she found courses to take and learned to paint acrylics with the palette knife. She loves the freedom on using various methods that are at her disposal for creating art. Nothing is off the table! Pam paints with a purpose, creating art as a way to help in the fight against human trafficking. She is passionate about educating others about this worldwide issue. She sells her art and gives a portion to this cause. She believes in “changing lives one painting at a time”.

Biography

Danny is a retired machinist, veteran, and artist. He has not had formal training except for a short course at UCA several years ago. Since he enjoys hunting and being in the outdoors, most of his work reflects nature.

Biography

Christina’s love of art started with a love of nature when she was a child. When she was four her dad brought home a mass of jelly with little black dots in it. He put this jelly in an aquarium and they watched the semi transparent mass of eggs turn to tadpoles and then to frogs. She was fascinated with the beauty and complexity of nature and art became a way to express that fascination.

She took art classes in elementary school, in High School watercolor became her favorite medium. It has a beautiful transparency and can be loose or detailed. Watercolor dries quickly and because it flows it can take you in unexpected directions.

Art has taken many forms in Christina’s life. When her children were young she explored art in the world of finger paints and mud pies. As the kids got older she had the opportunity to join the Ames Brush Club and then the Tuesday Painters in Clear Lake. They met weekly and encouraged her to join Iowa Artist and the Iowa Watercolor Society. She took classes with artists like Don Andrews, Birget O’Connor, and Paul Jackson and became a signature member of the Iowa Watercolor Society.

She recently moved to Conway, AR and is excited to see what adventures await her there.