This summer, the heart of Poros unfolds before our eyes through a painting exhibition. After 35 years of living on the island, Pamela Jane Rogers, through her paintings, takes us on a journey into the colorful and impulsive spirit of life on Poros. The exhibition “Poros: A Love Story” will be hosted at Katheti’s 1^st floor, from the 10^th until the 21^st of August and will be open to the public daily from 7:00 to 11:00 pm. The opening will take place on Saturday August 10 at 8:00 pm.

Going back in time, Pamela Jane Rogers takes us to the first time she ever visited Poros in September ’89 and through her artwork she narrates her special connection to the island. With oil paintings, intimate portraits and abstract works, the collection captures the vibrancy of the Greek landscape. Poros, the artist’s muse, is depicted through plein air watercolours that capture its ever-changing beauty. In her own words: “After so many years of working as an artist and many hundreds of paintings completed, each painting is always an experiment, somewhat like a zeimbekiko dance, in transferring my emotional experience into an art form”.

Pamela Jane Roger’s Bio

Pamela Jane Rogers graduated with a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Greensboro from North Carolina. After five years of working in the field of interior design, she devoted herself completely to painting. She was leading painting and art theory classes at Arts Centers and Community Colleges when she met the renowned artist Jaquelin Jenkins and began painting “en plein air”. After their extraordinary two weeks in Greece in 1982, Pamela Roges took figure studies at the Arts Student League in New York 1986. The next year she got accepted for her first residency for landscape painting at the Vermont Studio Colony.

1989 was a pivotal year for Pamela Rogers, as it coincided with her first unexpected stay on the island of Poros and her decision to move here the following year “for a few years of painting”. Along with her artistic activities, she ran an educational program in Greece for graduates from the United States, she illustrated many books about Greece and wrote her memoire in 2015 titled “Greekscapes: Illustrated Journeys with an Artist”.

“If my creations evoke even a tiny portion of the love I feel for this special island community, I will have succeeded.” -Pamela Jane Rogers

In the past, Katheti has organized the painting exhibition “The Seabed and its Inhabitants” by Ivi Gabrielides, “From Poros to Cornwall” by George Klirodotakos, as well as the painting exhibition “The Colours of the World” by Gina and Christos Papadopoulos. In addition, last summer, Katheti organized, in collaboration with the Municipality of Poros, the exhibition of mixed visual arts “Transformations” as part of the Poros Arts Festival.

Exhibition Details:

Opening: 10 August, 8:00 pm

Duration: 10 – 21 August 2024

Opening times: 7:00 – 11:00 pm

Information/Contact details: info@katheti.gr, 2298043825

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