Inspiration
Pamela Anderson
No, not that one, but I bet Pamela Anderson, the talented abstract artist in Milwaukee, WI, gets that reference all the time. Funny though, I never brought it up when I spoke with her recently. We had a nice conversation and realized that we both had a New Orleans connection. She had lived there a few years back and we both confessed that we missed the food. What struck me most about Pamela’s artwork was her vibrant use of color. Some examples below and more can be seen on her website, Paint My Sky. Pamela also does sculpture as well as figurative work. She participates in an event called Open…
Valorie Schleicher
Another Milwaukee artist who I met through my searches is Valorie Schleicher. I was taken with her unusual sculptural form, particularly her Strong Woman series. When I spoke with Valorie, she explained that she had been inspired recently by the death of Alexander Maqueen, who took his life as a result of his mother’s death. It was interesting to us both in that conversation, how this talented fashion designer’s ideas for his designs may have been inspired by his mother and then with her death it was too much for him to bear. Here are just a few of her wonderful sculptures that can also be found on Valorie’s website.…
Katie Martin
I’ve had a rare and exciting opportunity recently to “meet” a few, very talented artists in Milwaukee of whom our paths may have not crossed otherwise. I met these artists through Internet searches and would like to profile them in this space this week. Our conversations and email correspondence have been so open, friendly and forthcoming that I feel like we may know each other already; however, I do hope I get a chance to meet them someday in person. I don’t know when I’ll be in Milwaukee next, having never been there, but I hope it’s sooner rather than later. They are giving me a reason to want to…
