Portrait Exhibition in Canberra: About Face

Pamela van Herk is a Canberra portrait artist currently exhibiting "About Face" in the Ilios Gallery in Wilbur's Cafe/Bar.

She was born in Canada and immigrated to Australia at the age of two. She attended Melbourne Girl's Grammar and Swinburne University before moving to Sydney where she was offered a two-year scholarship with the North Sydney School of Fine Arts to study portraiture. Pamela was given an exhibition with the Australian Gallery in Kent Street at the age of 19. Her portrait of Deborah Clarke was part of an Australian portrait exhibition sent to Washington D.C. in 2006.

In 2002, I commissioned Pamela to paint my portrait. She suggested a blue theme against her signature black background. Pamela took a series of photographs at my first sitting and worked for about 6-8 weeks on the painting.

Her current exhibition of acrylic portraits can be seen at Wilbur's Cafe, 14 Hackett Place, Hackett, Canberra. The Gallery phone number is (02) 62625406.

Pamela can be contacted at pamelavanherk@internode.on.net