Pam Pauly (b. 1940)

Pam Pauly was born and raised in Chicago, IL. While she began drawing as a young child, she recalls her earliest influence to have occurred during a trip with her family to New York City. Stuck in the Holland tunnel in the family car for many hours, she was stunned by the daylight and grandeur of the tall city buildings as they finally pulled out of the darkness. From that point on she was drew city images, mostly based on New York City and Chicago. She loves buildings, tunnels and bridges.
As an adult Pam Pauly has split her time between New York City, Chicago and Provincetown, Massachusetts. For many years she drew and painted on just about any object she could find, including small piece of furniture, found objects, cardboard and the walls of many a “cold water flat”.

In addition to her artwork, Pauly worked in the theater as an actor and a writer. She also taught classes at several universities, including Columbia University in New York City. Most recently she has added to her repertoire a love of figure skating, which she also teaches in Chicago.

Pauly's artwork is in private collections across the country. In 2001 her art was featured in an exhibition at the Evansville Museum of Art in Evansville, Indiana entitled "Outsider Art".