To me, the integrity of a painting depends upon direct experience. Plein air painting is a means of charting an inner landscape by transposing both the subtle and dramatic outer shifts of weather on the terrain.
As a landscape painter, I work outdoors because I like the direct experience of seeing and feeling the shifts in light and weather. For my small figure studies, I also prefer to work from life in a direct response approach. Painting on small panels gives me the possibility, or the ideal, of completing a painting in one sitting. As a frame maker, I love small period frames that work so well to present my paintings.
"To me, the integrity of a painting depends upon direct experience."
PAM SHEEHAN
1956
Born in New York, NY
EDUCATION
1996
MFA, Lehman College, City University of New York, New York, NY
1986
New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
1984–86
Barnstone Studios, Coplay, PA
1980–84
Frudakis Academy, Philadelphia, PA
1980–83
Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia, PA
1979–80
Johnson Atelier, Princeton, NJ
1979
BFA, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Twenty-Five Treasures Summer, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, CA
2012
Recent Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
Paintings, Davis & Langdale Company, New York, NY
2008
Oil Sketches, Davis & Langdale Company, New York, NY
2006
Recent Paintings, Davis & Langdale Company, New York, NY
Recent Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
Recent Paintings, Davis & Langdale Company, New York, NY
Brick Walk Books & Fine Art, West Hartford, CT
2002
Davis & Langdale Company, New York, NY
2001
Davis & Langdale Company, New York, NY
TEACHING
2004–Present
Instructor, Art Students League, New York, NY
1984–2004
Adjunct Professor, Rockland Community College, The Hudson Valley, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
artMRKT San Francisco, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
Seattle Art Fair, CenturyLink Field Event Center, Seattle, WA
EXPO Chicago, Festival Pavilion, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2016
EXPO Chicago, Festival Pavilion, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
artMRKT San Francisco, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
Seattle Art Fair, CenturyLink Field Event Center, Seattle, WA
2015
EXPO Chicago, Festival Pavilion, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
artMRKT San Francisco, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2014
EXPO Chicago, Festival Pavilion, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
artMRKT, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2013
Art Miami, The Art Miami Pavilion, Wynwood Arts District, Miami, FL
EXPO Chicago, Festival Pavilion, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
artMRKT, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2012
Art Miami, The Art Miami Pavilion, Wynwood Arts District, Miami, FL
EXPO Chicago, Festival Hall, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL