Pamela Nielsen Contemporary Art

I have always felt that my gift comes from a higher power.   I call upon God and angels continually in my life, and was very guided from day one when I began painting.  Never having painted before, I was amazed at what I was creating!  I would hear a still soft voice whisper in my right ear instructing me.   “Archangel” feels like a familiar friend.  Watching over me every step of my way.  

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I was Churning--that’s for sure--when I painted this one. All of these deep emotions inside of me were Churning to get out--that they did! I felt like the mad scientist creating a new concoction. When completed--I was at peace. And felt a helluva lot better.

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Picking up the energy of the color indigo to represent clairvoyanZ from the third eye chakra, I topped it off with orange and red-- from the sacral and root chakras.  Showing that my creativity and courage to create, come from a higher power.

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While whale watching a few years ago off the shores of Seattle, an incredible whale came out of the water then dove in for us to take a look at him through the boat glass.  Utterly spectacular!  

My oldest son actually painted the last stroke on my original euphoria.  We were in a very happy, playful mood, and euphoria just appeared!  Love the light airy movement in it.

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The color indigo in “flight”, associated with the brow or third eye chakra, allows me the energy to take my intuition, insight, clairvoyance, imagination, extra-sensory perception to flight.  Woohoo! Look out world, here we come.............

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Blue, the color of the throat chakra, owns the quality of independenZ.  Robert Louis Stevenson said, “To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying “amen” to what the world tells you you ought to prefer is to have kept your soul alive.”  Quieting all voices to listen to your own.   True independenZ.  

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This piece IS me.  I had created a huge print from my original--8’x5’--and had taken it out of my home for an art show.  I couldn’t figure out why I felt so out of sorts--then I realized "manifeZtation" was gone! Indigo, related to the brow chakra often called “the third eye” allows me to go inside myself to visualize what it is I'm going to create.  It's where I am able to see and feel my loved ones from the other side.  The color indigo is SO VERY dynamic to me.  You can't miss it!  This is one of my very first paintings.  

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After weeks of creating the chakraZª WHITE series in my head, I entered my studio one evening to paint them. Each stroke on a 27"x21" piece of deep bronze metal.  Signifying coming out of the dark. 8 strokes of color--7 from the primary chakra colors--red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet--and pink. The chakra of love. I had been doing a lot of healing work with the chakra colors, releasing memories of childhood abuse, and felt inspired to paint a white stroke through each representing a clearing of any negative energy in that specific chakra. Painting these intense colors dramatically shifted me physiologically in a very positive direction!

"mantraZ" is a word or phrase repeated over and over during meditation. They are generally sacred in nature--a name or sound that both uplifts you and helps you keep your focus. They are designed to change you. How better to paint it then with blue--associated with the throat chakra.  Like music to my ears.

The chakraZª WHITE series includes the images "powerful" "life!" "clarity" "youthful" "mantraZ" "manifeZt" "divine wiZdom" and "magnetiZm".

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"myZtification" reminds me of the abyss.  

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When I began my healing process from memories of childhood abuse, I would do a lot of emotional work around abundance. I was in such need of an "abundanZ" of love, especially self love, peace, time, family, a better relationship with my hubby, my talents, groundedness, ideas . . . And of course, a bit of "green" abundance is always nice too! So when I painted it, I began with a strong impasto white stroke. White is the complete energy of light. It is clear and explicitly manifests. Opening up the energy for abundance--leading me to my new way of life.

Red is the color of passion, energy and "Action!". When I first started painting, I was drawn to paint on metal and acrylic. I just loved how my paints would glide on their surface. I purchased red acrylic platters at Z Gallerie then drove down to a local steel mill and found a pile of red aluminum sheets that were 1 cent each. I bought them all. For some reason, I just needed red.

Discovering that RED is associated with the root or 1st chakra, and is powerfully linked to our most primitive physical and emotional needs of survival and self-preservation--I then understood my intuitive choice for RED. I was barely surviving in those days. Working through memories of childhood abuse. And painting RED gave me the courage and change to take "Action!".  Giving me back my power, will, and desires. Really . . . giving me back my life.

This paint stroke reminds me of a Hershey's kiss. Or a flame on a candle.

It was a very cold winter and I was suffering a bit from seasonal depression. So I went into my studio and created 3 paintings on anodized aluminum. One was "Alive!" Red is the color of vitality and physical health--the outgoing positive "yes to life" attitude. I needed a jumpstart. I only used two red paint colors for the original of this print--they blended beautifully. I loved how the thick paint settled as a circle in the middle.  I used a high gloss paint, and it dried glossy.  I have invented tools to paint strokes anywhere from 3' to 30'--so I can paint in one motion. Almost looks like I used a spinning tool, but it was just my hands, my tool, and my energy!

I am Italian and I love gelato.  A few of my favorite flavors--stracciatella (strawberry), limone biscotti (lemon) and menta (mint).   These colors make me happy and refreshed like on a hot summer day.  One of my clients called this piece “soul’s orgaZm”.  I have to say, that sounds more like “allure” than gelato--well, maybe . . .  

I painted my patriotic images right after the Boston Marathon bombing. My sister was running in the marathon, and our family was frantic to know her whereabouts when we heard the breaking news. Once we finally got a hold of her, she told us she had crossed the finish line 20 minutes before. We were so thankful for the first responders and that she was safe! How grateful I am to live in the "home of the BRAVE" and the "land of the FREE" and be part of "AMERICA STRONG".

As America begins to open up the country from COVID-19, AMERICA STRONG is my vision of the energy of our country and people moving forward with strength (red), a clean slate (white), confidence and unity (blue). As we have done so many times before in the wake of adversity. With God and the Universe by our sides. We are AMERICA STRONG!!! 

When I first began painting, I intuitively painted red alot.  Not really knowing why, until I studied what the meaning of red was.  I was just releasing memories of childhood abuse as I painted.   The first chakra, called either the ROOT or BASE chakra is associated with the color red and the adrenal glands. "It's qualities and functions are full acceptance of life on earth, survival, power to achieve goals, vitality, grounding, satisfaction, material security, stability, primal trust, stillness, courage."  I needed to integrate so many of these qualities at the time--and painting red truly helped.  

Oh my hell! "balanZ"! Will I ever achieve it?? I love the smoothness and peacefulness of "balanZ", especially the calming brown background. And the deliciousness of red that grounds me. This was one of my first original paintings and my first image I ever printed.

Oh my hell! "balanZ"! Will I ever achieve it??  I love the smoothness and peacefulness of "balanZ", especially the calming brown background. And the deliciousness of red that grounds me. This was the very first image I ever printed.

When I first started painting, I was drawn to paint on metal and acrylic. I just loved how my paints would glide on their surface. I purchased red acrylic platters at Z Gallerie then drove down to a local steel mill and found a pile of red aluminum sheets that were 1 cent each. I bought them all.  For some reason, I just needed red.

"beginningZ" is one of my first paintings--painted on a red acrylic platter. I was playing with various techniques and combinations of the chakra colors. Very happy and alive to me!

The fourth, or heart chakra, is associated with the color green and the thymus. Its qualities and functions are "unconditional/divine love and harmony, forgiveness, healing, compassion, understanding, transformation, warmth, sharing, sincerity, devotion, selflessness." This is just a small section of the complete "breaking freee" print. An 82"x48" print of "breaking freee" hangs in the Cuisine Cuisine restaurant of The Mira in Hong Kong. It's spectacular. Check it out on my hospitality page.

In Chinese symbology, a white butterfly symbolizes the soul of a departed loved one and also means angels are watching over you and that you are being protected. If you've recently lost a loved one, the black color of a butterfly represents death, while the white color serves to remind you that your loved one isn't gone. In fact, they are trying to reach out to you. I am extremely connected to angels and my ancestors, so this symbology really resonates with me. Then I added the copper which works with all of the chakras to pull in energies from higher realms into the physical world.

Aqua evokes the purity of crystalline waters, and the exhilaration and relaxation of the sea. I have been very blessed to travel the world with my husband's work. I am my most happy when relaxing by the seas whether in the Caribbean or Sardinia or Greece . . .they just soothe my soul. Years ago my husband and I, with a couple of his brothers, experienced the aqua/blue warm waters in Samoa while visiting there to transfer his sister's gravesite from one side of the island to the other. She had been run over by a car when she was 18 months while Scott's father was there teaching English. Scott was 5 years old at the time. A very painful and emotional experience for all of them, to say the least. Those waters soothed our spirits on that trip.

Aqua aura quartz is used by crystal healers and others to calm the emotions and the emotional body. It is a powerful stress reliever. It is also a strong energy for reducing or eliminating anger and symbolizes a period of transition.

Aqua stands for inner peace and serenity. It's a sign that we are strengthening our relationship with God and achieving spiritual awareness. Maybe that's why I love it so much--I feel very inspired, grounded and connected to my Source when I physically and mentally visualize or paint aqua. It also inspires truth, trust and letting go. I've had to do a lot of letting go in my life. Aqua really helps me do that.