Pamela Pardue Goode

Pam is the Owner of Ciel Gallery and our Resident Mosaic Artist.

I began creating mosaics in 1999, working with materials across the spectrum: Italian and Mexican glass, stone, gemstone, minerals, pottery, metals, and found objects. My preferred theme is seeing beneath the surface; consequently there are often hidden elements in my work, inviting the curious viewer to look deeper, and hopefully enticing the less curious observer to heighten that instinct.

I am an artist by genetics -- daughter and mother of architects, daughter and granddaughter of painters, kin to a slew of writers. My goal in art is the same as my goal in life: to quietly push the boundaries of what we assume to be the norm.

My work has been shown at Mosaic International 2007 in Mesa, Arizona, and featured on promotional materials. Recently, two of my works were selected to be among 100 featured in a new publication of mosaic art, from among 1,111 entries. I am a member of the Society of American Mosaic Artists, British Association of Modern Mosaics, American Craft Council, NC Arts, Arts & Science Council, and Charlotte Art League.

I have two collections of poetry, and recently won first prize and publication for poetry in Sculptural Pursuit magazine.

My mosaic work can be seen here.

Cristina Alberni

Tina Alberni is our resident silk painter, and a frequent exhibitor at Ciel.

Cuban-American by birth, but raised in Bogotá, Colombia, I am Latin American at heart. Daily folklore and the beauty of the colored landscapes I was surrounded by, deeply inspired me as I was growing-up. I had the opportunity to express myself using oils, charcoal, pastels and anything I could get my hands on.

Years later, I moved back to the United States and received formal art training in my senior year of high school and in college. I was particularly inspired by the techniques of printmaking and its endless possibilities, and deeply explored the world of lithography and monotype. Eventually I received a degree in art education.

For nearly 15 years, my art career was paralleled with teaching. When I was not in the classroom or occupied with the administrative duties of my job as Head of the Art Department, I worked in my studio, and developed a body of work that eventually lead me to exhibitions in Florida, New York, Georgia, Bogotá and Barcelona.

The celebration of life, its everlasting shift, the circle, human anatomy, nature and womb-like spaces are recurring elements throughout my work. Each piece is approached differently and is completed most serendipitously.

I predominantly work in pastel, oil paints and mixed media.

I have been involved with numerous art organizations throughout the years. I have exhibited in the United States, Europe and South America and my works can be found in a few private and corporate collections-(see curriculum for specific collections).

I am new to the State of North Carolina and look forward to my art journey in this beautiful city of Charlotte.

My Website is http://www.colordesignstudio.com/artfolio/html/artindex.html