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'<p class="centerStatement">Artist\'s Statement:</p><div class="statement"><p>The visual image is my favorite form of communication. My art work, if successful, will move you as I have been moved, will show you something I found inspiring, will expose issues I may or may not have resolved,  or simply take you someplace I have been that is so beautiful that it waits in my memory to be shared. The different series and varied mediums reflect my exploration of a better way to say what I was feeling.  Sometimes the medium I use might be because it is the most practical, like sketching with my pen while traveling. Taken as a whole, my work is an autobiography.</p><p>I need to mention here that I owe a debt to Picasso.  The 1980 retrospective of his work inspired me to do whatever gave me pleasure and I\'ve done that.  I owe Mark Rothko for showing me the transcendent power of pure color and the spiritual strength of simplicity.  And I am grateful to Jackson Pollock for his innovative and unabashed honest expression (my humble opinion) of an ever present and boundless chaotic energy.</p><p>Pamela Long Nolan - Northport, NY  May 15 2010 </p></div>';