Since 1985, I have been printmaking at the Torpedo Factory. I received my B.A. in Art (Painting) from Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, in 1975. I continued my art education by taking classes through the Art League. Most of what I know, or at least remember, about art I learned through the Art League. I met my best friends here. I joined the Art League Gallery in 1986 and was juried into more than 100 shows there so far. I’ve been a member of “Gallery 75” since 1986 and received several awards and honorable mentions for my work. I was particularly honored to receive the Anne Banks Award in June 2013 for my enhanced print “I Woke up Crying”—a real departure from my usual animals and
landscapes. I took a risk and it paid off. This is one of the things I love about printmaking.
I was juried in to Printmakers Inc. at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, VA, in January 2020. After so many years of taking etching and monotype classes from long-time Art League teachers, Allan Kaneshiro and Penny Barringer, I began teaching in 2003. I hope to inspire others to love printmaking as I do. I love the process, the smell of rosin melting on the hotplate, the endless possibilities for creating color monoprints, while preserving the art of etching. My current work is a series of portraits of nature: flowers, animals, sea creatures, rocks, shells, trees. I particularly like animal portraits. I work from my own photographs and turn these into etchings using a variety of techniques, from line etch and aquatint to soft ground texture and drawing, plus drypoint, spit bite, and marbleizing. Sometimes I use monoprint techniques to enhance the color of a piece. I have over 3o of these in the series so far. In addition, I have many cat prints and pet portraits. I’m also interested in working from old family photos and have created a series of soft-ground drawing etchings. I foresee these coming together with landscapes to portray family life.

My work can be seen on the Printmakers Inc. website
and some of my photos are on SmugMug, https://pamdaycat.smugmug.com/