Pamela Griffith Studio

Pamela Griffith, nee Gittoes, was born in Australia into an artistic family. She trained as an Art Teacher at Sydney Teacher's College and East Sydney Technical College and received the Art 1V Prize for first place throughout the course. At a later date she completed a Bachelor of Art (Ed) at Alexander Mackie Art School, Sydney. She has taught in Secondary Schools, Technical Colleges, Colleges of Advanced Education, Universities and privately In her own studio and numerous community workshops throughout Australia.

Many people remember the toile fabrics Pamela designed for the Australian Bicentenary and the Beatification of Mary MacKillop. The Pope made particular mention of the beauty of the Mary MacKillop fabric in the Powerhouse Museum collection when he visited Australia.

The current licences from the Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW have watercolour Waratahs on them, designed by Pamela, who worked with the team who created this high technology card.

In 2001 Pamela designed a hanging embroidery for the Foundation for Creative Enterprise that was made possible by the award of an Australian Commonwealth Government Federation Grant. The Creative Embroiderers of the Penrith Valley completed the project in 2001. It was unveiled at The Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith, by the Governor General of Australia, His Excellency the Right Reverend Dr Peter Hollingworth AC OBE.

Hazelhurst Regional Gallery honored Pamela by showing her work across painting, watercolour and printmaking. This survey show was assembled by External Curator Prof Joanna Mendelssohn, College of Fine Arts, UNSW. The Exhibition was opened by Alan Jones in April 2005.

Pamela has also had one woman shows at Bundaberg Regional Gallery and at Fairfield City Gallery( Curated by director Gavin Fry). The work she did on the Lord Howe Island Suite was featured by the Riverina Regional Gallery in 2006.

The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet commissioned Pamela to produce one of three iconic images of Australia for inclusion in a folio presented to the 21 Heads of Nations attending APEC 2007 in Sydney,as a gift from the people of Australia. The limited edition of her book "Australia - an artist's journey through the landscape" was also presented to the Economic Heads of the 21 member nations of APEC.  

Pamela's main vocation is in the creation of original works of art in the traditional mediums of oil and acrylic painting, and in limited edition prints. Over the past 30 years she has produced over 300 editions of etchings and lithographs, capitalizing on her undoubted talent as a draughtswoman. She currently also produces some 20 to 30 major paintings each year, principally in oils, but including acrylics, water-colours and pastels where the subject is better suited to those media. Her subject matter ranges across still life, landscape (often with an environmental theme) and portraiture.

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