American artist Pamela Keilson received training in fine art at San Francisco State University where she received a BFA. Later computer and graphic design training at the University of California, Irvine. Born in Pennsylvania, she currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

After graduating she worked for many years in San Francisco as a commericial Interior Designer for top Architectural firms and then turned to Marketing.

"The new technology of the computer and software enables the artist to expand their imagery (to include) anything "scanable", "drawable", and "photographable". Technology allows the artist to rapidly place images in any position - grow or minimize, create large format sizes, and repeat designs an infinite number of times at extraordinary speed of execution.

The difference in digital painting and traditional art is in the tools used to create it. Art is not about the tools used to make it; but in the organization of color, line, form, composition, rhythm and the interplay of all these in support of the subject matter or intent of the work itself. These established tenants of visual art are fundamental to all media's, whether computer, oil, acrylic, pastels or watercolor.

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“I like to think that my work is a personal and social commentary on issues facing women and on our distinctive American culture. It is a visual diary of my life's journey."

My compositions are gathered from my experiences and communicated in my choice of images and my emotional responses to them. Having lived in Europe enables me to see America through different eyes and more greatly appreciate it's idiosyncrasies. My works are composites of real and imagined sources. Usually I construct each composition from various objects or models that I photograph. I add, re-arrange, delete and make-up information; whatever it takes to achieve a strong composition and create a picture which conveys my current and evolving concerns. Digitally painted they are printed with archival ink on a wide format printer onto canvas and art papers. I further enhance them giving them depth and texture with acrylic paints.

INFLUENCES:
I credit Matisse,Malcom Furlow(New Mexico artist) for my uses of color and Wayne Thiebaud for composition as my majoe influences. Also I admire Picasso's technique for his technique of taking one image and experimenting with various colors and composition.

I have been a member of the Southern California Artist run Gallery OCCCA (Orange County Center for Contemporary Art) in Santa Ana California; Southern California Artists; and Southern California Woman's Caucus for Art, ProArts, Berkeley City College Digital Arts Club, Northern California Woman's Caucus for Art.

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AWARDS:

2006 Award of Merit, "Regional Exhibition", San Diego Art Institute, Museum of the Living Artist Southern California Regional Exhibition.
2004 Honorable Mention - Texas National, "National Competition", Ed Moses Juror, Nacogdoches, Texas
2003 Best in Show, "Call to Arts" Juried , CSU Fullerton Gallery, Fullerton, CA
2003 First Place, "Call to Arts" Juried , CSU Fullerton Gallery, Fullerton, CA

EXHIBITIONS:
SOLO:

2007 Paint + Pixels, OCCCA Gallery, Santa Ana, CA