Pam Bickell

11pamela@protonmail.com

Artist Bio / Artist Statement: I began making collage art at the bidding of my therapist, and it proved to be a saving Grace in my life. I do paint my own papers for collage making, but I also cut up magazines.

The interesting part to me is that the magazine collages are always intense, and the painted paper collages mostly aren’t. Collage art connects me to my soul, but it’s much more ‘real’ to me for some reason when made with magazine pieces.

Collage is a gift to struggling souls for getting emotions outside of ourselves to be able to look at them and gain insight. It is a freeing art process because there are no mistakes. The pieces of paper tell us where they belong—FOR us. To me, this process is connected to the Divine.