Pam Luer has been a working artist for nearly 20 years. Her passion for teaching and being outdoors is the driving force behind her workshops. Pam’s Nature Sketchbook Workshops have been popular at resorts, nature centers, arboretums and art colonies. Pam’s work usually includes organic elements as a focal point or anchor, such as, flowers, branches, leaves or shells, while the backgrounds evolve from a series of colorful grids and patterns intertwined with the main subject. The organic elements and abstract patterns support and engage each other through balance, tension, repetitive patterns and color. The relationship is one that moves from detailed order to colorful chaos, much like nature itself. Architects for numerous restaurants have commissioned Pam’s paintings of large-scale fruits and vegetables, created with pastels and house paint on artist-quality sandpaper. You’ll find some of her licensed designs on product, such as rugs, dinnerware, textiles and prints. Growing up in Wisconsin, Pam moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in her late twenties after a four-year hiatus in Sonoma County, CA, where she worked as a graphic designer. Pam completed her Bachelor of Fine Art degree, with an emphasis in painting, from the University of Minnesota, which included three months in Greece. Pam’s experience includes past Executive Board Member of Friends of the Arts in St Louis Park, MN, founder of a public book club for artists called the Twin Cities Artful Book Club. Pam conducts Nature Sketchbook Workshops for artists throughout the country at various resorts, nature centers, art colonies, and botanical gardens. Pam has a Bachelors of Fine Art from the University of Mn,with a focus in Drawing and Painting. Pam Luer completed her Bachelors of Fine Art degree from the University of Minnesota. She also holds an Associate Degree in Graphic Design from MATC, Madison WI.  Much of her work includes organic elements as focal points or anchors, such as flowers, branches, leaves or shells, while the backgrounds evolve from a series of colorful grids and patterns intertwined with the main subject. Her compositions lean heavily on organic elements and abstract patterns that support and engage each other through balance, tension, repetitive pattern and color. The relationships come together in detailed order to colorful chaos, much like nature itself. Pam’s work evolved from oversized pastels of fruits and vegetables on sandpaper to intimate-themed sketchbooks. Currently, she prefers a more accessible. nimble approach to her work and art practice.