Pam Foss - Pam Foss's Artist Biography

Pam Foss's Gallery - Artist Biography

Bio

Pam Foss, Sculptor

I am a native of Atlantic City, New Jersey. I have been drawn to the arts for as long as I can remember. I graduated from Arts High School (now The Sara Vaughn High School) in Newark, New Jersey in the early nineteen sixties, married my husband Bob and moved to Florida where we raised our three children. By apprenticing with other fine artists and continuously practicing my craft as time permitted, I was able to create a body of work in a variety of media that appealed to collectors and allowed me to pursue a career as a fine artist.

Although sculpture in its many forms is my favorite art form, I also enjoy creating other work in such diverse media as painting murals, illustrating, computer graphics, set design, and pen and ink drawings, Pop-up cards and books.

The inspiration for my work comes from life itself. A fascinating well-traveled life that has led us on many an interesting journey and provided me with an endless series of intriguing subjects for my work.

Corporate and Private Collections

Riverchase Galleria, Birmingham, AL (A pair of Great Blue Herons, 10 feet high)

The Monroe Building, Washington DC (A bronze relief of Pres. James Monroe and his family on Inauguration day, 20 by 6 feet)

Quite Waters Park, Annapolis, MD (Great Blue Herons, 13 feet high)

Westland Mall, Knoxville, TN (Ten Mallards spiraling down for a landing (20 feet high)

East Chase Mall, Montgomery, AL (Life-size figure of Atlas holding a five foot sphere)

Calvert School, Baltimore, MD (A five foot Continental Globe, hanging from the ceiling)

Fala the Scottie, for the FDR Presidential Library at New Hyde Park, NY (Life-size relief sculpture of Fala the Scottie sitting on a bench)

Limited Edition Bronze Sculptures

Point to Point (A steeplechase race)

Suburban Handicap (Forego, Lord Rebeau, and Foolish Pleasure in a photo finish)

Inquiry (Genuine Risk and Codex in the highly controversial 1980 Preakness)

The Starting Gate (Three Horses breaking out of the starting gate)

The Rain Dancer (A horse racing on a muddy track)

Flying Filly (A classic racing filly)

Fly Fishing (An American Bald Eagle pulling a fish out of water)

Angle of Attack (An American Bald Eagle in full flight – life-size)

Blue Rapture (A pair of heron heads)

Blue Elegance (Life-size heron taking off, 7 foot wing-span)

Blinkers On (A bust of a racehorse wearing blinkers)

The Jewel in the Crown (A Peacock standing on a pedestal)

Life-Cycle (An African bird catching a dragon-fly)

Summer Breeze (A bust of a horse with his mane blowing in the wind)

Rhapsody in Blue (A pair of herons in courtship)

Newspaper Reviews & Articles

The New York Times - The Albany Times Union - The Saratoga Press

The Birmingham News - The Miami Herald - Toronto Star-

The Star Democrat-Princeton Packet-Hunterdon Democrat –

Washington Post- Schenectady Gazette-Bucks County Herald

Magazine Reviews & Articles

The Thoroughbred Record -Spur-The Horseman’s Journal-Blood Horse

Southwest Art-Mary Englebreit’s Home Companion-Prime magazine

American Express Departures magazine- Hunterdon Life magazine

Television

Wide World of Sports (ABC)

Down the Stretch (ESPN)

P.M. Magazine (cable Network)

News at Six (Philadelphia station)

The Phil Donahue Show (Women in the Arts)

The Ellen Degeneres Show

Group Shows

Academy Art Museum, Easton MD 2008 (winner A. Brittain Banghart Award)

Rehoboth Art League Fine Craft Show 2008 (Honorable Mention, Giraffe chair)

Talbot County Visual Arts Center 2007(Honorable Mention Hide N Seek)

The Salmagundi Show, NY (1988 Third place, Angle of Attack)

International Art Expo, New York, Los Angeles & Dallas

Warner Communications at Rockefeller Center, NY

The Philadelphia Art Show

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club

Pace University Art Show, NY

Tuft’s University Equine Art Show, MA

American Academy of Equine Art

John T. Mather Hospital Outdoor Sculpture Show

Jewish Women’s Art League (L.I.), Art Show

Talbot County Visual Art Center

Chestertown Art League

Art Works, Chestertown

Galleries

8 Ongoing

Luna Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO

Frank Miele Gallery, New York NY

Timmelman Collection, Saugatuck, MI

Hardcastle Gallery, Easton MD

8 Previous

Midtown Galleries, New York, NY

King Gallery, New York, NY

Dayspring Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY

Hobe Sound Gallery, Jupiter FL

Meisner Gallery, New York

Howard Gallery, New Hope, PA

The Painted Critter, Lambertville, NJ

Solo Shows

Hoffberger Gallery, Baltimore, MD November, 2009

Corporate Collections

Key Corp, NY

The Farr Companies, Washington, D.C.

Hialeah Park, FL

Jim Wilson Associates, AL

New York Racing Association

Mellon Bank, VA

New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc.

Harbert International, AL

Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, OH

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co, NY

Crown Controls Corporation, VA

CLP, McDonalds Corporation, AL

Murals & Freelance Work

Nickelodeon Cable Network Trade Show: Sculpted life-size figures of:

The “Rug Rats”

Cat Dog

MTV Cable Network Trade Show: Sculpted life size figures:

The South Park Kids

Trade Show Booths: Painted numerous back-drops.

.History Channel: Painted murals for Trade Show.

Sesame Street Store “Excite” (Painted murals for backdrops)

The White House: Created backdrops for two inaugurations and press conferences. Sculpted figures and theme props for inauguration parade floats.

ABC News, Peter Jennings “The Israeli Crisis:” Sculpted three dimensional map

Large Political Mural 4 ½ feet by 6 feet, title “A Load of Bull”

Paper Castings

I have long been drawn to the ancient Chinese art of cast paper and decided to move forward with the creation of a new series of bas-relief sculpture that I have specifically designed to be hand cast in a high grade of elegant linen paper. The first two pieces in the series are complete and have been well-received by both the general public and my peers. I am thrilled that my very first cast paper sculpture, which depicts a pair of coursing greyhounds, has been selected as an entry for the 111^th Open Annual Exhibition of the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club at the National Arts Club in New York.

Collectors

It would be pretentious of me to list my private collectors; I can only tell you that my sculptures grace many homes spanning the globe.

The Acclaim

Critiques on the Sculptures

“Her works are truly representative of the actual model – her works catch the excitement of each model in every form,” Jim Wilson, developer of Riverchase Galleria. He decided to place her sculpture “The Great Blues” in the Galleria so every one might enjoy the splendid beauty of this work.

“I was struck by the sculptures vivid portrayal of beauty and savagery in the same instant,” said Brigadier General Peter J. Boylan, former Commandant of Cadets, U.S. Military Academy, West Point. “It seems to capture much of life as we see it.” The acclaim was made upon viewing the sculpture “Angle of Attack”, the American Bald Eagle.

“Sean Bryne of Racing Journalist, U.K. and Thoroughbred Record, U.S. calls Pam Foss “One of America’s leading equine sculptors. Her Bronzes are greeted with enthusiasm wherever they are exhibited and it is a compliment to her enormous talent that they are eagerly sought after by collectors.”

Contact Information:

Pam Foss

Kennedyville, MD

Web: www.pamfosssculpture.com