Pam Carter was born in Tanganyika, East Africa in 1952 to an Austrian mother and Scottish father. She graduated from Glasgow School of Art in the seventies and began a career in teaching.
In 1996 Pam Carter won the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Award at the Royal Glasgow Institute and in 1998 she was awarded First Prize at the Paisley Institute. Carter’s paintings have also been selected for the Laing Calendar.
Pam Carter’s subject matter is found in the rugged West Scottish Coast with its isolated cottages and wild colours of the machair and brachen. Pam also paints East Scottish Coastal scenes with majestic cliffs, fishing villages and farm land.
Pam Carter loves to stand on a high viewpoint. From there she can see the magnitude of the Scottish Landscape. Sunspots move across the valleys. And the forbidding trip to the Western Scottish Isles brings great reward with its sweeping golden sands and turquoise tranquil waters which is almost idyllically tropical.
Scottish locations such as Skye, Lewis, Harris and the Uists have been favourite islands for Carter to visit. Pam has also produced contemporary paintings of Tiree and Coll.Tiree offers idyllic settings. The Island's architecture is like a museum of Scotland's past with wonderful cottages sitting perched on the most beautiful of beaches
A sense of place is important in Pam Carter’s paintings but she does not seek to capture a scene with complete accuracy. Sometimes it is the elements and the untamed force of nature that inspire Carter paintings, but more than anything it is the essential quality of light which can be in the Scottish land and seascape. Pam often interprets the scene with abstract elements. She translates the light in terms of contrast and colour - often bold but always with subtlety and balance. Pam Carter ultimately wants to create a visual sensation and pleasing image in her contemporary paintings.
Pam Carter has exhibited at numerous solo art exhibitions throughout the British Isles and in the USA. Her paintings have featured in several group art shows including the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) and the RGI
SEE PAM CARTER LIMITED EDITION PRINTS
