Two Rivers Gallery

A self-taught artist, Pam Earleywine finds inspiration in everyday surroundings. Her work, usually in charcoal or oil, captures a tender and often gritty immediacy that transcends her skills with realism to reveal the soul of the subject matter as though the art is reacting with the viewer, rather than the other way around. So spirited is her work that one rancher responded to a drawing of his bull by exclaiming “Why that’s Shorty – that fence-jumping son of a bitch”.

Pam Earleywine was born in 1955 and grew up in Western Oregon. Much of her youth was spent outdoors, camping and hunting arrowheads in the desert country of Eastern Oregon and Nevada. Her childhood experiences instigated a lifelong interest in American Western heritage, with its wonderfully varied landscapes and people. She spent a good portion of her adult years living and working on a small ranch fondly referred to as “the homestead” in Eastern Washington. She and her family owned and raised farm animals, including Quarter Horses, and were active in the local 4-H community. She also had the privilege of helping neighbors with branding days and rounding up cattle on horseback.

In the 1980s and 90s, with backstage access to fairs, rodeos, and working ranches, much of her art was considered Western. During that time she was very active, showing yearly in Ellensburg, Washington’s annual Western Art Association National Art Show, as well as making appearances at the Oregon Trail show in Portland, Oregon, and the Omak Stampede, and winning numerous awards. She also exhibited in several one-woman shows and her work is included in many private and corporate collections around the United States. In the late 1990s, however, she was forced to take a hiatus from her art due to her obligations as a single parent.

Today finds Pam Earleywine once again pursuing her art.  She lives with her youngest daughter in Livingston Montana – close to the gates of Yellowstone Park, where she loves to spend her time observing wildlife and doing studies for works in progress.  She believes that every day spent in Yellowstone, or out observing nature is magic.

Pam recently participated in the Glory of Horses mural project. Originating out of Texas, this large mural is comprised of 144 panels, each painted by individual artists with origins scattered through-out the world. With some of the best and most recognized equine artists contributing, this mural will tour the major global equestrian events with the purpose of raising funds to support groups that adopt retired work and race horses to prevent them from being sold for slaughter.

While the bulk of her work retains that Western flare, the time she spent living on Cape Cod has inspired an ongoing study of East Coast light, water, and wildlife as well.

Her current shows and awards include Best Oil at the Cheyenne Frontier Days 2009 show, the Cape Cod Art Association’s National (2006 Best in Show) in addition to their monthly juried shows (including March 2008 Best Drawing, September 2008 People’s Choice Award, and October 2008 Best in Show and People’s Choice Award): The Pen & Brush Exhibition in New York City; The American Artist Professional League at the Salmagundi Club in New York (2007 Leila Gardin Sawyer Memorial Award); the Falmouth Art Association in Falmouth, MA (2006 Best Graphic); the Bosque Conservatory Art Council in Clifton Texas; The American Academy of Equine Art Show in Lexington Kentucky; and the Blanche Ames Museum in Easton, MA.