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Artist’s reception planned for Saturday, August 22 Pam Haddock watercolor of Chatahoochee house. A reception for Haddock will be held Saturday, Aug. 22, following a concert given by recording artist Matt Williams and The Ocean at the Swain County Center for the Arts. By Eugenia L. Johnson
Contributing WriterWatercolorist Pamela Haddock of Sylva, N.C., has 30 of her landscape paintings on exhibit at Swain County Center for the Arts in Bryson City during August and September. The exhibit includes 30 watercolor landscapes of Western North Carolina scenes on watercolor canvas, watercolor paper and illustration board. A reception for Pamela Haddock will be held on Saturday, Aug. 22, in the lobby of Swain County Center for the Arts following a concert by Ashevillebased recording artist, Matt Williams and The Ocean, that begins at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend both the concert and the artist reception free of charge. This event is sponsored by Swain County Center for the Arts and Swain County Schools. Celebrating 20 years in Western North Carolina, Haddock continues on the journey she started in watercolor as many years ago. “I was not born here,” she says, “but my heart came home when we moved here.” Born in Huntington, W. Va., Haddock lived on the coast of N.C. from age 10 and attended the local high school. She earned her BA degree in Earth Science from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. When Haddock moved to Sylva with her husband and children in 1989, she began to explore watercolor painting in earnest. She started with a local watercolor workshop offered through Southwestern Community College’s continuing education department. Then, she explored the work of other artists, such as Tony Couch, Fred Graff and Tom Lynch. After attending a workshop with instructor Tony Couch on St. Simon’s Island, Ga., in 1990, Haddock came home enthusiastic about the painting process. Painting dry into wet became her passion. Haddock says, “I resolved to learn to allow the paint to do its beautiful work when freed under moderate control.” The “painting process” has since become Haddock’s focus. Haddock paints local landscapes, such as waterfalls, rushing streams, lakes, the sea, birds, wildflowers, farmhouses and barns. She uses large brushes, lots of color, wet pigment and wet 140 lb. cold-pressed paper. She continues to explore the variety of textures and unexpected results produced on other surfaces, such as Bristol board, vellum and plate finished papers along with watercolor canvas which will be featured in this show at Swain County Center for the Arts.Haddock’s artwork is featured at the Golden Carp in Dillsboro and Woolworth Walk in Asheville. This year, she will have a piece in the WSNC juried show to be held in Calabash, N.C. in October. Haddock is a member of the Blue Ridge Watermedia Society, the Highlands Art League, the Jackson County Arts Society and currently serves as co-chair for the western region of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina. Visit http://pamhaddock.com to view her artwork. For more information about programs or to view the exhibits at Swain County Center for the Arts, call Jenny Johnson at (828)488-7843 or visit www.swain.k12.nc.us/cfta to view the current calendar of events or to get directions. Eugenia L. Johnson is the director of Swain County Center for the Arts. |
