November 2025

Feature Artist: Pamella O’Connor

 

(Left) Driftwood Dream 1; (Right) Driftwood Dream 2. Pamella O’Connor, artist

By Gina Malone

Pamella O’Connor traces her love of artistry directly back to her mother who raised six children, cooked fabulous meals and expressed her creativity in their Iowa home. “With very little money, she created a lovely home for us and I believe a good bit of my creative instinct flows directly from her,” Pamella says, recalling a “stained glass” look her mother created on windows using colored tissue paper. “I thought it was beautiful. I marveled at how she had imagined that and brought it to life. And at the age of seven, I witnessed her knock down a wall in our home to open the living room space up. She was tough and creative!” Despite the creativity she modeled, “I am the only one in the family who has pursued a life in the arts,” Pamella says. “Everyone else made much more reasonable choices.” <READ  MORE>

 

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