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Lasher Gallery Featured Artists:
New show opening September 2026
The Whidbey Island Center for the Arts (WICA) is proud to welcome Pamelagrace Beatty to the Lasher Gallery for a show September 15 through October 27. The exhibit features jazz-inspired works full of color, atmosphere, movement, mystery. The community is invited to view the art during an opening reception on September 15 from 5:00-6:30 PM at the Lasher Gallery and during regular business and Box Office hours.
Pamelagrace Beatty
Pamelagrace Beatty is a contemporary painter whose work lives in the space between representation and abstraction. Working primarily in acrylic, she is drawn to color, atmosphere, movement, and the quiet mystery of what lies just beyond what we can see. Her paintings often begin with something recognizable—a landscape, a figure, a moment in nature—but evolve through an intuitive process of layering, searching, and discovery. Rather than telling the viewer exactly what to see, Pamelagrace invites each person to bring their own memories, emotions, and imagination to the work. Her years as a professional jazz vocalist deeply influence her approach to painting. Jazz taught her to listen, to trust improvisation, to leave room for surprise, and to understand that beauty can emerge from what is unexpected. She brings that same sense of rhythm, spontaneity, and emotional storytelling to the canvas. Pamelagrace’s creative life has also been shaped by her work as a speaker, coach, and New Thought minister. Across all of these expressions, her passion is the same: awakening possibility and helping people experience life with greater curiosity, beauty, and joy. For Pamelagrace, painting is less about reproducing what she sees and more about discovering what wants to emerge.
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