Pam is a mixed-media fiber artist and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Design at the University in Hawai’i. Born and raised in Hawai’i, Pam is part Hawaiian. Her deep love of Hawai’i is at the root of her artistic creations – the love of the island heritage – the people, the ethnic diversity, the music, the food.
The cape of Hawaiian royalty is a focus of her art study and a motif connected to a story from her ancestors. Her grandfather was part Hawaiian of Alii descent. He had inherited one of King Kamehameha’s smaller feather capes, and was very proud of his lineage, and inheritance. He put it into a Trust company in Honolulu for “safe keeping”, and it disappeared from the family… for one hundred years. However, the good news is that the cape has re-appeared through a donation to the Honolulu Museum of Art. We know that our ancestors would be happy about this, as her grandmother was a flower arranging artist there for twenty-five years.
Pam is grateful for the inspiration that this history has given to her, and she will continue to work on a similar theme.
