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Monday, 07 September 2009 |
By KATIE MARTIRE
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The Guymon Public Library chooses an artist each month, this artist then places their art in the glass display case for the public to admire their hard work and talent. Pamela J. French, of Guymon, was chosen as the September featured artist. Artistic ability runs deep in the French family.
Pamela was born and raised on a farm in Balko, Okla., and has carried her farm girl attitude with her all of her life, "Nothing is too difficult if you put your back into it, but with art I have discovered that it is your heart that you must apply before the work is complete," said French.
She married her husband Rick in 1977, they raised their two children Kent and Carissa while running their hair styling shop, The French Connection. Art remained a constant for Pamela during the years, she has gained a lot of her inspiration from her children and her own father, "My can fix anything and everything," said French. "I also have gained a lot of my inspiration from my son Kent, he can work on a piece for months until he feels as though he has perfected it and I wish I was a bit more like him in that aspect, but I have drawn a portrait in two hours."
"After doing hair for 22 years and working at the newspaper, I decided I wanted to try something different," said French. "I told my son that I wish I could go to college, he said 'well you can' so I checked into it and what I actually wanted to do was get into journalism because I love writing but they didn't offer that, so I chose fine art because I have always done a little bit of art here and there. If I couldn't find what I wanted, I would just make it. I got in a few classes and I just loved it, it just felt like going home. So I decided to go for that degree. I also loved my intermediate psychology class, so I decided to get a psychology degree along with my fine art degree. I got my BFA in fine art and my BS in psychology, I graduated Kum Ladi in both in 2007."
French has a working art studio in her home and ventures into many aspects of art, such as sculpting, portraits, landscape and still life. While not working on her art, Pamela loves spending time with her three granddaughters, Carman, 9, Britney, 8, and Amy Woodbury, 3.
French's art is in the display case in the Guymon Public Library located at 206 NW 5th St. If anyone would like to nominate an artist to be featured for the Guymon Public Library Artist of the Month, please contact Friend of the Library, Mary lee Sample at 580-338-6868.
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