| "Painting
gives me balance. I am able to set aside everything else when I paint. I
forget my work, my chores, and my list of things to do. When our
painting sessions end, we frequently critique each other’s work. There
are times when someone asks, ‘How did you get that color? What made
you put that tree there?’ Questions like that. And, sometimes, I have
to admit that I honestly don’t know. I don’t even remember
constructing it or thinking it through. Painting is simply an internal
drive that takes over. And to do what I love while being outdoors in
California's spectacular landscape is an incredible gift!"
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Pamela
Priest-Naeve has
been drawing and painting since childhood. Northwestern University
provided her with her first serious art class, followed by various classes
at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, where she also served as the
President of the Board of Directors for several years. She is a co-founder
and member of a plein air painting group, Pacific Heritage. Her artwork
included oil and acrylic painting, monoprints and etchings.
Pam was born in Ohio and
moved to the San Francisco Bay Area shortly after receiving her BA degree
in English Literature from Northwestern University. After a short stint
teaching junior high school in upstate New York, she redirected her
interest to health care and worked at Stanford University Medical Center
in both cardiovascular surgery and medical oncology. She later joined a
newly formed cancer research and education consortium, the Northern
California Cancer Center (NCCC), founded by the deans of the medical
schools at Stanford University and the University of California San
Francisco. Ms. Naeve currently serves as the Director for Community
Education at the NCCC, has written and edited various articles and
publications, and has assisted thousands of individuals to access medical
information, treatment and resources. She resides
on the San Francisco Peninsula.
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