Pamela Andelin, considered one of Hawaii’s finest plein aire artists, was born in Hawaii and has been painting the islands for over 25 years. Her career started while she was living on the island of Lanai where her father, artist Emerson Andelin, would take her with him as he painted on location. Emerson, famous for his beautiful art deco murals painted for the old theaters of Hawaii, was a great influence on Pam. “I learned a lot from my father,” she says. “Our home was always artistically put together, the art environment was all around me. I grew up with interesting composition and creativity everywhere.”

Pam now divides her time between her family home in Kaimuki and a little house high up on Maui’s Mt. Haleakala in Keokea. Pam works mostly in oils, but occasionally works with watercolor and monoprints. Her depictions of Hawaii’s landscapes, street scenes and people are known for their vibrant color, splashes of spontaneity and island-impressionistic style. All of her paintings are done on location. Her subjects include the pineapple fields of Kapalua, the streets of Chinatown in Honolulu and the luscious flower garden of her friend, Herbert Shim.

She rises before dawn to catch the early morning light and returns on successive days at the same time to complete her painting Pam’s work is included in numerous public and private collections in the United States and abroad.

In Hawaii, her paintings are found in; the collection of the State Foundation of Culture and the Arts, the guest rooms of the Lodge at Ko’ele on Lanai, the Bank of Hawaii and the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel. Pam’s paintings were selected to be reproduced as posters for: the 1990 Art Maui Exhibition, the Kapalua Music Festival and the Nature Conservancy. She has been in more than 50 juried exhibitions in Hawaii and has conducted workshops at The Honolulu Academy of Arts. She was artist-in-residence at the Hotel Hana Maui and the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua. . Pam is also actively involved in her community and has served on; The Visual Arts Advisory Board of Kapiolani Community College, The Hawaii Opera Board, Maui’s Hui ‘no’eau Art Center , the Art Maui Board and the Maui Music Festival, of which her late husband, Colin Cameron, was founder.