Critical Questions

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Art, collage, ephemera, Find Credible Sources, mixed media, mixed media collage, pamela towns, Question Motives, Stop Misinformation, Trust Science, vintage papers, wall art

Asking those critical questions gets us to the TRUTH. Believing everything we hear of a single, biased source, can lead to misunderstandings, the spreading of lies, and bad decisions.

Mixed-media abstract collage with found papers, book spine, plastic, watercolor pencil, and cardboard stencil.

8″ x 8″

Eve of Destruction

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Art, climate change, collage, conflict, human rights, mixed media, mixed media collage, pamela towns, pandemic, political discord, race relations, vintage papers, wall art

We are in very challenging times. In just one episode of the evening news, we hear about the negative results of climate change and misinformation; the aftermath of a 2-decade war; the death tolls from natural disasters and a global pandemic; the ongoing dissension between races, medical experts and anti-vaxxers, and political parties; and the theft of human rights to choose, to vote, or to be of color while exercising freedoms.

Mixed-media collage from vintage headlines and found papers.

8″ x 8″

False Pretenses

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Art, collage, coping, depression, ephemera, good cry, mixed media, mixed media collage, pamela towns, vintage, vintage papers, wall art

You are NEVER to big (or too old) to cry. Forget what you were taught in preschool.

Abstract collage with found and painted papers.

8″ x 8″

Hand-Wringing

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anxiety, Art, choose faith, collage, ephemera, fear, inspiration, mixed media, mixed media collage, pamela towns, vintage, vintage papers, wall art

Fear and anxiety have lead to a lot of hand-wringing lately. So much negativity has been closing in on all of us. Our only hope is to choose FAITH over the fear.

This mixed-media abstract collage is created from found papers, graphics, and book parts.

8″ x 8″

Joy Ride

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Art, collage, ephemera, joy ride, mixed media, mixed media collage, pamela towns, vintage, vintage papers, wall art

With our world currently in topsy turvy due to the discontent, the dissonance, the discrimination, and the natural disturbances, it isn’t quite a joy ride. So I’m praying for a nice loop-de-loop to set us on a better course.

This mixed-media abstract collage has the word “hope” included in the found papers.

8″ x 8″

Hard Truths

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Art, collage, ephemera, found object, hard truths, mixed media, mixed media collage, pamela towns, rusty metal, vintage papers, wall art

“So unbashedly forthright” appear in this mixed-media collage with handmade, vintage, and painted papers, metal objects, a brass “I” stencil, book parts, oil pastels, and acrylic paint.

11.5″ x 11.5″

Above Board

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above board, Art, collage, ephemera, found object, kindness and mercy, mixed media, mixed media collage, moral obligation, pamela towns, vintage, vintage papers, wall art

“A moral obligation” to live your life and treat others with kindness and mercy.

Mixed-media abstract collage featuring found and painted papers and rusted metal.

11.5″ x 11.5″

Altered State

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altered state, Art, collage, ephemera, mixed media, mixed media collage, neutral colors, pamela towns, rust, vintage, vintage papers, wall art

While absorbed in an “altered state” of artistic flow one can escape everything.

The word “absorbed” was handwritten and erased on the vintage lined notebook paper in this collage and papers altered by rust were added.

11.5″ x 11.5″

At Odds with Nature

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Art, collage, cyanotypes, mixed media, mixed media collage, nature, neutral colors, pamela towns, vintage papers, wall art

From someone who equates pulling weeds to a prison sentence, this piece has a special meaning. The words “Argumentation and Debate” are the only ones in this minimalist composition among the neutral book pages and the nature prints. Those words and my opposition to nature inspired the name.

12″ x 12″

Between the Lines

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Art, collage, ephemera, handwriting, mixed media, mixed media collage, pamela towns, vintage papers

This two piece collage series utilized the tiny scraps that are left over. The paper collage was created over vintage note cards.

3″ x 5″ each