ARTEAST
OTTAWA
ASSOCIATION
25TH
Grow
with Art/L’art en herbe
A
presentation
by
Pamela
Cockcroft-Laserre/
et
présentation
Pamela
Cockcroft-Laserre
Working
with
the
Figure/L’art
de
la
figure
on
Tuesday,
February
24,
2015
Meet
and
Greet
at
7:00,
Presentation
follows
/auront
lieu
Le
mardi,
le
24
février
2015, rencontre
à
19
h;
et
à
19 :
30;
présentation
suivant
at
our
regular
location,
255
Centrum
Blvd.
Room
340,
Orléans
à
local
au
255,
boul.
Centrum,
pièce
340,
Orléans
(ON)
.
Pamela
grew up in Namibia and South Africa, studied to be a teacher (Cape
Town Training College), travelled extensively in Europe then returned
to London to study Fine Art.
She
achieved a London Certificate of Art and Design (Credit Distinction),
Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting (St Martin's Central,
University of the Arts London).
After
graduating was an Art Critic for the Cape Times, Pamela taught
European Art History at the Ruth Prowse School of Art and worked as
an assistant custodian for the South African Association of Arts
Gallery in Cape Town. After coming to Canada she has taught
children at various school, served on several juries, and has been
teaching Drawing and Painting at the Ottawa School of Art since 1986.
Exhibits regularly in various group shows and has had individual
shows in South Africa, Ottawa and the National Capital Region in
Quebec.
Pamela
Was
invited
to
give
demonstrations,
a
talk
and
a
workshop
at
the
National
Gallery
and
was
a
NG
Studio
Tour's
Featured
Artist.
Studio
practice includes Drawing and Painting with the figure as dominant
factor, integrated into a variety of contexts or themes including a
centaur series, collaboration with a pianist to create twelve works
for Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition", Tango, and
currently working on a carousel theme.
Represented
by Orange Gallery.
