Hi

I’m Pamela Cisneros

 

I am a painter, mixed-media artist and creativity coach living on a sea island outside Charleston, South Carolina.  A self-taught artist, my work is often characterized by a bold use of color and striking abstract imagery, often combined with recognizable elements inspired by the natural world.

I love to travel far and wide gathering inspiration, especially in colorful, spirit-infused places such as India, Bali, Costa Rica and Mexico. When I’m not painting in my studio or facilitating creativity workshops, I can usually be found playing with my dog, Rumi, in the woods with my musician/composer husband, Christopher, doing yoga, pondering ancient mysteries or floating in water somewhere.

Since a very early age I have always felt an unquenchable desire to create. During childhood, this included anything and everything from mud sculptures to patchwork quilts to grapevine baskets. As I have matured, I have gravitated towards painting as my primary medium because it fulfills my need to work with bright, vivid colors in a free and loose way.

I am innately energized by vivid colors, strong bold lines and interesting patterns. I make art because it simply feels great, not just emotionally and spiritually, but also viscerally – the buttery paint under the brush (or fingers!) is a sensory experience.

Following an intuitive model, I practice stepping aside during the creative process and allowing the painting to reveal itself through my hands, rather than allowing my intellect or pre-conceived ideas dictate what it should be. With this approach, the field of possibilities is endless and not limited by my finite human imagination.

 

Artist Statement

In my work, my goal is not to make any particular type of statement, document a realistic rendering or elicit any certain emotion in the viewer. Rather each work is simply the culmination of the joy of spontaneous creative expression.

My creative process is unplanned, intuitive and utilizes a lot of physical movement and happy accidents, yet still remains informed and inspired by the natural world and the giddy tingle I feel when certain colors combine or patterns emerge. As a result, each painting is utterly unique and can never be duplicated.