The Kailua Village Artists featured artist in the month of May is newest member to the co-operative gallery Pamela Colton Thomas who paints in watercolors, inks, acrylics and pastels.
The Kailua Village Artists featured artist in the month of May is newest member to the co-operative gallery Pamela Colton Thomas who paints in watercolors, inks, acrylics and pastels.
Colton Thomas, a resident on the Big Island for more than 30 years, has been painting since her early childhood, tutored by her father, an accomplished artist. In the late 1970s, she studied at Academy of Art in San Francisco, but found her stride when she came to Hawaii in the early 1980s.
Colton Thomas’ art is influenced by the rich color palette of paintings on silk, the vivid colors of stained glass and she worked to recreate this effect with line work that acted as resist on paper to contain the vibrant water based colors she paints with. Her paintings go through several stages, creating the complicated line work first, and later adding color. She has spent many years experimenting with the line work in silver, gold and black.
Colton Thomas will be working at the gallery, where she will be available to talk story, May 21 and 30.
Kailua Village Artists Gallery is located in Kona Marketplace, 75-5729 Alii Drive. It is open daily 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Info: 329-6653. ■