Pamela Dorris DeJong Fine Art

Art-making combined with healing has brought forth enormous personal energy. Becoming a second-degree Reiki healer taught me about hands-on healing. After becoming proficient in conventional painting mediums, through a variety of educational sources, I became interested in luminosity, layers, and the atmospheric conditions creating the wavering vibrant color the impressionists saw. I was fortunate to travel to regions and plein air paint where many artists have painted before me. Experimentation with encaustic and other mediums that helped me create luminous layers became my focus. After painting land and waterscapes for many years I realized that I could put forth healing energy towards the earth and our oceans. Healing can occur through painting, meditation, education, sharing the message through the image itself, and explanation of the intent.

Exhibitions:

• The Eleventh Annual “One” ARTSWORCESTER Members Exhibition, 44 Portland Street, Worcester, MA. 01608. July 27th-August 27th, 2023.
• “Rainbow”, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, cultural-center.org, a permanent on-line exhibition, live as of June 2023 in honor of “Pride Month”.
• Gallery Twist, 1963 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, MA. “Lasting Impressions”, April 21st-May 21st, 2023.
• “Impact”, A Members Exhibition in collaboration with the Fitchburg Art Museum,  ArtsWorcester, 44 Portland Street, Worcester, MA, February 25th – April 8th, 2023.
• “The Orbs Exhibit”, Ashland Public Library, Front Street, Ashland, MA.  March 1-31st, 2023. A one-person exhibition retrospective of several years of focus. Artist talk April 1st, 2023. 
• Chroma: New England Wax Exhibition at Fitchburg State University, January 11th-March 3rd, 2023. Artist talk February 1st, 2023.
• Gallery Twist, 1963 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, MA, “Flight of Fancy”, September 23rd-October 16th, 2022.
• The Tenth Annual “One”, ARTSWORCESTER Members Exhibition, 44 Portland Street, Worcester, MA. 01608, July 14th-August 21st, 2022.
• Southern Vermont Art Center, Wilson Museum, 860 Southern Vermont Art Center Drive, Manchester, VT, “Relationships: Hot, Cold, and Intricate, a New England Wax Association exhibition” curated by Alison Crites, June 18th- August 14th, 2022.
• Transatlantic Fusion Diptych Project, Exhibition Hall at the Commons, 46 Bradford Street, Provincetown, MA. May 31st - June 12th, 2022.
• Gallery Twist, 1963 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA., “Cool, Calm, and Collected”. September 24th- October 17th, 2021.
• Arts Worcester, West Gallery, 44 Portland Street, Worcester, MA. “Now in Technicolor”, juried by Joshua Cook, Stephen Dirado, and Birgit Straehle, August 19th-September 19th, 2021.
• Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Road, Cotuit, MA., “Layering: The Art and Experience of Hot Wax”, a New England Wax Association exhibition, juried by Craig Bloodgood, June 26th-August 7th, 2021.
• The Cultural Center of Cape Cod On-Line exhibition on permanent display beginning February 2021, “The Magic of Water”, cultural-center.org.
• The Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 307 Old Main Street, South Yarmouth, MA. “Luminosity”, juried by Amy Neill, February 3rd-28th, 2021.
• The Ethel Walker School, Bell Gallery, 230 Bushy Hill Road, Simsbury, Ct, “Home/Away”, Exhibition of New England Wax. March 28- June 7th, 2021.
• New Bedford Art Museum, 608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA. “Fluid States; New England Wax/New England Waters”, juried by Jamie Uretsky, January 21st-March 14th, 2021. A video has been posted by the museum with me talking about finishing touches on my work. Available on Google.
• On-Line Exhibition of New England Wax Breaking the Line, curated by Lola Baltzell and Trina Abbott, belowthesurfaceblog.com, October 2020.
  True Grit Gallery, “Life on Standby, Art of the Quarantine”, 38 Center Street, Middleborough, MA. August 8-29, 2020.
• Ashland Public Library, “Aqua Terra”, one person exhibit, November 2019.
• Gallery Twist, 1963 Mass Ave. Lexington, MA.  “Illumination”, December 1st, 2020-January 3rd, 2021, and the month of December 2019
• Gallery Twist, "Thrive", 1963 Mass Ave, Lexington, MA. June/July 2019.
• Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA., "Anything but Flat", encaustic exhibition, juried by Joanne Mattera, May 30- June 5th, 2019.
• Five Points Gallery, International "Small Works Exhibition", 17 Water Street, Torrington, CT, juried by Brigid Kennedy, February 1-23, 2019​.
• "Fusion: Encaustic Works" featuring artists from New England Wax and invited artists, Higgins Gallery, Cape Cod Community College, curated by Nathalie Ferrier, West Barnstable, MA. February 6-28, 2019. 
• Gallery Twist, 1963 Mass Ave, Lexington, "Illumination" December 1, 2018- January 1, 2019.
• Gallery Twist, 1963 Mass Ave, Lexington, MA: "About Time" September 1-2018-October 20, 2018
• Cape Cod Museum of Art, "Healing Nature", National Juried Exhibition, Dennis, MA. March 29- May 27, 2018
• ​Gallery Blink, 1963 Mass Ave, Lexington, MA: "Illusions", December 1, 2017-January 1, 2018.
• Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA. "Shifts", a New England Wax exhibition, juried by Ben Shattuck, lead curator at Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, Ct.  September 30-November 26, 2017.
• Fountain Street Fine Art at Harrison Avenue, Boston, "Among Friends", September 6-November 17, 2017.
• On-Line Exhibition of New England Wax Paper/Word Project, belowthesurfaceblog.com, October 2017.
• Gallery Blink, 1963 Mass Avenue, Lexington, MA. Exhibition of many regional artists with the theme of bees or anything related to bees. "Buzz", June-July, 2017
• "Gulf of Maine Project: Protect the Oceans", an exhibit of four New England Artists, Pamala Crabb, Beverley Rippel, Charlie Widdis, and me, curated by Annie O’Neill, Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA. March 19th- June 18th, 2017.
• "Chaos and Order", New England Wax at the Creative Art Workshop, New Haven, CT, juried by Jennifer Gross, former Chief Curator of the deCordeva Museum and Sculpture Park, March 19th- April 23, 2017. 
• ​"Diversity Of Thinking", Fountain Street Fine Art, Framingham, MA. Juried by Jane Young of Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA. January 5-29, 2017. 
• "Vision and Verse", New England Wax Association Exhibition juried by Ann Zill, Director of the University of New England Gallery at the Portland campus. July through October 2016, UNE Gallery. 
• "Protect The Oceans", The Whitney Galleries Second Annual exhibit featuring 4 artists interested in protecting our oceans and shoreline habitats, Pamala Crabb, Beverley Rippel, Charlie Widdis, and myself. Route 1, Wells, ME. June 17-July 4th, 2016. 
• ​Saco Museum of Art, Saco, Maine, April 2-May 28th, 2016, “Beneath the Surface”, a New England Wax Association exhibit juried by Ron Cusan, Director, Ogunquit Museum of Art.
• Ashland Public Library, Ashland, MA. “Mindscapes”, Mindscapes are mental or psychological scenes of the imagination. These works represent a tumultuous state of mind and the meditative landscapes where solace was sought.  January 21-Febrary 27, 2016.
• Gallery Seven, 7 Nason Street, Maynard, MA., “New England Wax at Gallery Seven”, October 16th- November 14th, 2015.
• Rivertree Art Center, 35 Western Avenue Kennebunk, Maine, August 28- September 26, 2015 "Chaos and Order", New England Wax Association ​Juried by Anne Zill, Director of the art gallery at the University of New England, Biddeford, Maine.  
• River Tree Art Center, Rivertree Art Center, 35 Western Avenue, Kennebunk, Maine, "Protect Our Oceans" exhibit with new work. July 31- August 23, 2015
• A Gallery Art, Bradford Street, Provincetown MA, June 3-9, 2015, "One Plus One", exhibit of encaustic artists.
• South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA. "Earth Wind and Fire", a national exhibit juried by Carl Belz, Director Emeritus, Rose Art Museum, Waltham. April 10-May 24, 2015.
• "Protecting the Oceans", Three artists join with scientists to preserve the Gulf of Maine, The Whitney Gallery, Route 1, Wells, Maine, March 12-April 10, 2015
• Sharon Arts Center, 30 Grove Street, Peterborough, NH. "Transformations", juried by Kaveh Mojtabai, editor of Artscape Magazine, September 5th-October 31, 2014. http://www.sharonarts.org/
• Engine Gallery, Main Street, Biddeford, ME., "The Diptych Project, II", a group of New England artists in New England Wax created works in response to Fused Chicago artists using the encaustic medium. July 25th-September 20th, 2014.   
• http://feedtheengine.org/diptych-project-2
• Ashland Public Library, "Healing Fields", a solo exhibit that concerns painting the internal and external landscape and healing fields of energy, March 2014
• "Violence Transformed 2014": Harriet Tubman House and Cambridge College, Boston and Cambridge, MA. March, April 2014.
• Mount Dora National Encaustic Exhibition, "Big Bad Wax" juried by Kim Bernard and Susan Loden, January 10-March 2, 2014. 
• Fountain Street Fine Art, Bancroft Building, Fountain Street Framingham, “Breaking Boundaries: New England Wax”, juried by Lauren O'Neil and Sara Zela of Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, NH. January 2-26, 2014
• ​“Material Matters”, The Lewis Gallery, Portland Public Library, Maine, November 1st-December 7th, 2013: 18 New England Artists working in wax, fabric, and metal.
• ​Fountain Street Fine Art, Fountain Street Framingham, "No Limit", June 27 - August 3,2013, juried by Kathryn Markel. Gallery Seven, Maynard, MA. June 2013, 
• Cambridge College, "Violence Transformed 2013", March 16-20, 2013, Visual and Performing Artists addressing issues of domestic violence.
• Fountain Street Fine Art, 59 Fountain Street, Framingham, MA.01702, "Cotton", Second Anniversary Exhibition, January 4-27, 2013, juried by Joanne Mattera.
• ​The Online Exhibition "Natura Viva". Claffey, Deborah: Blog: Making Something Out of Nothing, http://debraclaffey.blogspot.com/, Friday, November 16, 2012
• The Red Dress Boutique, Front Street, Ashland, MA., sales of vintage work, 2012, 2013.
• "Suzie Meeker and Friends", group exhibit at the Ashland Public Library, the month of November 2012
• "Whimsy in Wax". Essex Center for the Arts, Lawrence, MA.  March-April 2012, A New England Wax Association exhibition curated by Charyl Weissbach.
• On-line exhibition: "Art and Music" /Part Two, on Nancy Natale's blog: www.artinthestudio.blogspot.com. Here artists share how music influenced their work. February 28th, 2012
• Ashland Public Library: One Person Exhibition, month of November, 2011, "A Little of This, A Little of That", Explorations in Encaustic, Oil, Acrylic
• Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA.: New England Collective ll, Juried show of 58 artists in various media, August 2011Art at 12, Boston, MA.: Hot Wax Cold Metal, Group of encaustic artists explore using salvage metal in their work, Boston, May - July 31st, 2011
• Fairfield Art Council, Fairfield, CT. New England Wax exhibition curated by Laura Einstein, Fairfiled Art Council gallery. May 18th-June 25th, 2010.

• Activities and Projects:
• Transatlantic Fusion Project 2023-24 is a New England Wax Association exhibit in the planning stages, located at the Schleusen Haus in Staade, Germany, July and August of 2024.
• “Home/Away Project” 2018, “Memory Project”, 2019, and “Transatlantic Fusion”, 2021 Projects with other members of New England Wax Association. 
• Ashland Town Hall Permanent Installation: two landscapes of historical significance 48"x 84 inches: "The Cave Rocks in the Ashland Town Forest" and "The Sudbury River”. Grant for this project was received from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, 2006.
• Logo design for the Massachusetts School Nurse Organization, 2003
• Logo design for the Woodrow Wilson School, Framingham, MA: 2000
• Framingham Swimming Pool Association murals: 1997, 2000
   
• ​Societies:
• Arts Worcester beginning 2018, Concord Art Association membership 2014, 
• Artist Friend Membership: Fountain Street Gallery, Framingham MA., 2012-2017
• New England Wax: 2009-present, President elect (2015).
  President March 2015 to March 2017.
• Worcester Center for Crafts: 2003-2006
• Framingham Artists Guild: 1986-2000
• ​Southborough Art Guild: 1990-1994,
•  Danforth Museum: 1990-1991, 2014
   
• ​Education:
• On-Line Workshop: “Monoprint with Tyvek” with Linda Germain, November 2020.
• Workshop with Deb Claffey: “Monoprint, Encaustic Monotype”, November 2019, Peterborough, NH. Workshop with Debra Claffey: "Working in Cold Wax", November 2017, Peterborough, NH.
• International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA: June 2011, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2022
• Workshop with John Kilroy: "Painting Still-life in Oil", December 2010
• International Encaustic Conference, Montserrat College. June 2009, 2010.
• Worcester Center for Crafts, 2003-2005, Wheel throwing, Explorations in Handbuilding,“Dance of Fire: Raku”.
• Cape Cod School of Art, Provincetown, MA, 1996, Painting the Impressionist Landscape with Lois Griffel.
• Private Studies with Rita Guzzi, West Newton, MA, 1973-1992 Painting in acrylic
• Nursing Education furnished upon request.
• Publications
• belowthesurface.com, a blog of the New England Wax Association, several posts by this author and on-line exhibition: The “Paper/Word Project”, 2016-2020.
• “Layering, The Art and Experience of Hot Wax”, edited by Stephanie Roberts-Camello, self-published, 2021.
• “Artist of the Year Finalist”, 2020, Circle Foundation of the Arts, Lyon, France. Interview on-line for 1 year available on Instagram @PamelaDeJong and Circle-arts.com.
• Boston Voyager Magazine, bostonvoyager.com, Interview on September 3rd, 2018. Available on-line.
• Highfield Hall, 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA., highfieldhallandgardens.org, interview from exhibit dated April 15th-June 18th, 2017.
• "Vision and Verse", a New England Wax exhibition at UNE Gallery, edited by Dietlind Vander Schaff, self-published, 2016.
• "Beneath the Surface", a New England Wax exhibition, Saco Museum, 2016, edited by Debra Claffey, catalog.
• "Transformations", a New England Wax Exhibit, Peterborough NH, 2014. Edited by Deb Claffey, catalog.
• "The Diptych Project", a New England wax exhibition, edited by Dietland Vander Schaff, catalog.
• Artscope Magazine, September 2014, “Transformations-Encaustic Artists Challenge Boundaries”, New England Wax at Sharon Arts, catalog.
• Studio Visit Magazine, Winter Editions, 2013, 2014 
• New England Wax Catalog for Fairfield Art Council Exhibition, 2010
• ​Ashland Tab, Photo of prize-winning paintings and artists in open art competition, 2000.
• Showhouse Catalog, Junior League, Drawing: 1994 
• Middlesex News, photo of screen in Art Deco Bathroom, 1994
• Middlesex News and News Tribune, photo and related article of Banner Contest Portrait of Nancy Kerrigan, 1994.

• Gallery Representation:
• Gallery Twist, 1963 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA.
• True Grit Gallery, 38 Center Street, Middleborough, MA.