Pam Foss, Sculptor
I am a native
of Atlantic City, New Jersey. I have been drawn to the arts for as long as I can remember.
I graduated from Arts High School (now The Sara Vaughn High School) in Newark, New Jersey in the early nineteen sixties,
married my husband Bob and moved to Florida where we raised our three children. By apprenticing with
other fine artists and continuously practicing my craft as time permitted, I was able to create a body of work in a variety
of media that appealed to collectors and allowed me to pursue a career as a fine artist.
Although
sculpture in its many forms is my favorite art form, I also enjoy creating other work in such diverse media as painting murals,
illustrating, computer graphics, set design, and pen and ink drawings.
The inspiration for my work comes from life itself.
A fascinating well-traveled life that has led us on many an interesting journey and provided me with an endless series
of intriguing subjects for my work.
Corporate
and Private Collections
Riverchase
Galleria, Birmingham, AL (A pair of Great Blue Herons, 10 feet high)
The Monroe Building, Washington DC (A bronze relief of Pres. James Monroe and his family on Inauguration
day, 20 by 6 feet)
Quite Waters Park, Annapolis, MD (Great Blue
Herons, 13 feet high)
Westland Mall, Knoxville, TN (Ten Mallards
spiraling down for a landing (20 feet high)
East Chase Mall,
Montgomery, AL (Life-size figure of Atlas holding a five foot sphere)
Calvert School, Baltimore, MD (A
five foot Continental Globe, hanging from the ceiling)
Fala the Scottie, for the FDR Presidential
Library at New Hyde Park, NY (Life-size relief sculpture of Fala the Scottie sitting on a bench)
Limited Edition Bronze Sculptures
Point to Point (A steeplechase race)
Suburban
Handicap (Forego, Lord Rebeau, and Foolish Pleasure in a photo finish)
Inquiry
(Genuine Risk and Codex in the highly controversial 1980 Preakness)
The Starting Gate (Three Horses breaking out of the starting gate)
The
Rain Dancer (A horse racing on a muddy track)
Flying Filly
(A classic racing filly)
Fly Fishing (An American Bald Eagle pulling a fish out of water)
Angle of Attack (An American Bald Eagle in full flight – life-size)
Blue Rapture (A pair of heron heads)
Blue Elegance (Life-size heron taking off, 7 foot wing-span)
Blinkers On
(A bust of a racehorse wearing blinkers)
The Jewel in
the Crown (A Peacock standing on a pedestal)
Life-Cycle
(An African bird catching a dragon-fly)
Summer Breeze (A
bust of a horse with his mane blowing in the wind)
Rhapsody in Blue (A pair
of herons in courtship)
Newspaper
Reviews & Articles
The New York Times
- The Albany Times Union - The
Saratoga Press
The Birmingham News - The
Miami Herald - Toronto Star
Magazine
Reviews & Articles
The Schenectady Gazette -
The Washington Post - The Capital
The Star Democrat - The Thoroughbred Record - Spur
- The Horseman’s Journal
The New Yorker
- Southwest Art - The New York Times
Mary Englebreit’s Home Companion - The
Princeton Packet
The Hunterdon Democrat -
Bucks County Herald - Prime magazine
American Express Departures magazine - Hunterdon Life magazine
Television
Wide World of Sports (ABC)
Down
the Stretch (ESPN)
P.M. Magazine (cable Network)
News at Six (Philadelphia station)
The Phil Donahue Show (Women in the Arts)
The Ellen Degeneres
Show
Group Shows
Academy Art Museum, Easton MD 2008 (A. Brittain Banghart Award, Jack the Dripper)
Warner Communications at Rockefeller
Center, NY
The Philadelphia Art Show
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe
Art Club
Pace University Art Show, NY
Tuft’s University Equine Art Show, MA
American Academy of Equine
Art
John
T. Mather Hospital Outdoor Sculpture Show
Jewish Women’s Art League (L.I.), Art Show
Talbot County Visual Art Center
Chestertown Art League
Art Works, Chestertown
Galleries
8 Ongoing
Luna Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
Frank Miele Gallery, New
York NY
Timmelman Collection, Saugatuck, MI
Howard Gallery, New Hope, PA
Studio Gallery, Easton, MD
8 Previous
Midtown Galleries, New York, NY
King Gallery, New York, NY
Dayspring Gallery, Saratoga Springs,
NY
Hobe Sound Gallery, Jupiter FL
Meisner Gallery, New York
C
Corporate Collections
Key Corp, NY
The Farr Companies, Washington,
D.C.
Hialeah Park, FL
Jim Wilson
Associates, AL
New York Racing Association
Mellon Bank, VA
New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc.
Harbert International, AL
Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, OH
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co, NY
Crown Controls Corporation, VA
CLP, McDonalds Corporation, AL
Design Work
Aerial Sign Company, aerial advertising (Banner Design,
ad work, promo books)
Stephens Partners Advertising Agency
(Art work for Ad-Age)
NVE Inc. (Catalog Design, and Art
work for ads in The Atlantic Monthly, Harpers and Cosmopolitan.)
TPC
LLC. Catalog (Pop Up Promotional Display)
Murals
& Freelance Work
Nickelodeon Cable Network Trade Show: Sculpted
life-size figures of the “RugRats, and Cat-Dog". Painted backdrops for
Trade Show Booths.
MTV Cable Network Trade Show: Sculpted “The South Park Kids”
life-size.
History Channel: Painted murals for Trade Show.
Sesame Street Store “Excite” (Painted murals for backdrops)
The
White House: Created backdrops for two inaugurations and press conferences. Sculpted
figures and theme props for inauguration parade floats.
ABC, Peter Jennings “The
Israeli Crisis” (Sculpted a three dimensional map)
Large Political
Mural 4 ½ feet by 6 feet, title “A Load of Bull”
Paper Castings
I have long been drawn to the
ancient Chinese art of cast paper and decided to move forward with the creation of a new series of bas-relief sculpture that
I have specifically designed to be hand cast in a high grade of elegant linen paper. The first two pieces
in the series are complete and have been well-received by both the general public and my peers. I am thrilled
that my very first cast paper sculpture, which depicts a pair of coursing greyhounds, has been selected as an entry for the
111th Open Annual Exhibition of the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club at the National Arts Club in New York.
Collectors
It would be pretentious of me to list my private collectors;
I can only tell you that my sculptures grace many homes spanning the globe.
The Acclaim
Critiques on the Sculptures
Ÿ “Her works are truly representative of the actual
model – her works catch the excitement of each model in every form,” Jim Wilson, developer of Riverchase Galleria.
He decided to place her sculpture “The Great Blues” in the Galleria so every one might enjoy the splendid
beauty of this work.
Ÿ “I was struck by the sculptures vivid portrayal of
beauty and savagery in the same instant,” said Brigadier General Peter J. Boylan, former Commandant of Cadets, U.S.
Military Academy, West Point. “It seems to capture much of life as we see it.”
The acclaim was made upon viewing the sculpture “Angle of Attack”, the American Bald Eagle.
Ÿ
“Sean
Bryne of Racing Journalist, U.K. and Thoroughbred Record, U.S. calls Pam Foss “One of America’s leading equine
sculptors. Her Bronzes are greeted with enthusiasm wherever they are exhibited and it is a compliment to
her enormous talent that they are eagerly sought after by collectors.”
