Pamela Selkirk

As a self- taught artist my memories take to me back to childhood, with colour and brush in hand, loving the flow of paint on paper. Having traveled extensively in southern Africa as a child, I grew to love the wide open spaces and flora of our land, its skies, colours and vastness. All full of colour, light and beauty.
Having studied art with distinction at school and attending oil painting art classes I returned to painting and creativity after my children had grown. I knew then that art and teaching remained my passion.
Running two bustling studios in the Johannesburg area of South Africa, time is limited, so when not teaching I’m in the studio creating at my easel, at peace with my world and life. I am so grateful to be a full time artist and to work at what I love each day.
Art transports me to a place of peace and creativity. It’s an inner journey.
After attending lessons with many prominent South African artists, my techniques vary, and I believe this has given me the diverse skills in the execution of different medium and genre. From my macro realistic florals where the petals overlap and cluster and seem to hold their fragrance, to the mixed media abstracts where lights and colours mix and blend in a continuous s...

- High school education with distinction in art
- Week long workshops focusing on different techniques
- Teaching art for over ten years, perhaps my greatest teacher.

- Being Secretary of Benoni Art and a member of Artists Working Together, various exhibitions are held on a regular basis in the Johannesburg area.
- Being chosen ‘artist of the year’ at the Flamingo Dam monthly exhibition.