Pamela Preciado

Portraits, figues, landscapes and still life offer wonderful opportunities to explore the affects of light on a subject revealing form and character. Studying the light, no matter the subject, is an exciting experience. Pamela Preciado is primarily a portrait and figurative fine artist working in oil, pastel and charcoal. She has been painting portraits professionally for the past 40 yrs. Schooled in the tradition of the masters, Pamela's goal is to capture the essence of her subject using a similar approach as the masters of the 1900s combined with her own intuitive process. In her sophmore and junior years of high school, she received two summer scholarships, one to the Univ. of IL, champaign, IL, and one to the Univ. of KS, Lawrence, KS, where she received second place in a portrait competition. She was awarded the Douthart Scholarship in her sophmore yr. at KU which allowed her to pursue her studies in fine art and commercial illustration. She also studied at The Art Institute of Chicago, The Ame