Center for the Arts Features “Fauna, Fame, and Figures” Exhibit

For the month of February, artist Pamela Hardy Dills is showcasing her “Fauna, Fame and Figures” at the La Petite Galerie at the Marco Center for the Arts.

Pamela Hardy Dills was born in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from Kent State University with a B.F.A. in Fine and Professional Arts. Pursuing art as her life's work she had a long career in Cleveland and Washington, D.C. as a graphic designer, ad agency art director, and fashion illustrator.

It was an ad agency closing that freed her to pursue her first love of drawing and painting. She attended the Cleveland Institute of Art to reacquaint herself with the paint and brush.

Her body of work encompasses a variety of styles including realism, portraiture and charcoal drawings. Abstractions are her favorite creative release. Pamela has always been interested in color, texture and patina. She keeps an open mind as her abstracts begin to evolve. Her paintings are mixed media with layers of sculpted compound fibers, shells, insect wings and anything she can find as inspiration.

Her work covers the spectrum from wall-size original paintings, pastels, charcoals and three-dimensional room panels. Dills' art is instantly recognizable for her exuberant painting technique, graphically layering brilliant color upon color. Her work hangs in private collections and galleries in the States and Europe. Dills works creatively in her studios in Avon Lake, Ohio and Marco Island, Florida.

The “Paradise Found” Exhibit is not to be missed. Currently on display through March 1, 2022, the exhibits are by four award-winning female artists: Emily James, Rachel Pierce, Phyllis Pransky and Jo-Ann Sanborn. “Paradise Found” focuses on the people and landscapes that make up the beauty of Southwest Florida

The Marco Island Center for the Arts is located at 1010 Winterberry Drive and is open to the public Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. For more information on their monthly exhibits, art classes and musical interludes, visit www.marcoislandart.org.