PAM SCOTT

I am based on the Clyde shore on the West coast and my background in illustration for children’s magazines and the greeting card market has developed into my current exploration of paper as a fine art medium. While the paper has limitations, the possibilities within this are endless. I now see people and situations in terms of sculpted paper and aim to surprise the viewer with this different perspective on everyday events. The paper sculptures involve cutting, curling, bending, burning and generally manipulating the paper to create highly textured, 3 dimensional effects. I am interested in subjects that allow the inclusion of some extended meaning beyond the pictorial and try to draw the viewer in to my world made of paper.

Where's Glasgow?

Billy Connolly portrait featuring the Glasgow coat-of-arms, but tweaked to suit his new abode and a nod to his beloved fly fishing. The work references his illness and his struggle to find himself.
50cm x 50cm

Formula for Elegance

Portrait of the late Dr James Taggart of Linn Botanic Gardens, Cove. This references the Fibonacci Sequence that he employed throughout his garden, both in the unfurling fern and the butterfly which is folded from the Exodus page detailing the ratio of cubits for the Ark of the Covenant. The portrait goes beyond the pictorial to show various aspects of his life, such as Divinity and his involvement in CND.
60cm x 45cm

War+Peace=People

A deconstructed view of the People's Palace and Winter Gardens, Glasgow. A nostalgic image of a well-loved building, holding the collective memory of the people it represents, but with a darker side, referenced in the Doomsday Clock. There's a sense of atrophy, with the Winter Garden now being closed down, but Nature continues to flourish. Perhaps the people of Glasgow do too.
56cm x 60cm

The Giraffe

The Giraffe lurks amongst palm trees and cactii where he really doesn't belong.
47cm x 37cm

Real Gone Kid

A claustrophobic composition in which a homeless boy is huddled at the feet of passerby, whose preoccupation with their busy lives and designer labels makes them oblivious, both to his presence and desperate situation.
50cm x 50cm

Bill and Coo

A little punnery, in which the Coo considers whether to accept the amorous advances of the Duck.
35cm x 35cm