Pamela Harris’s latest body of work examines systems and patterns and their cycle of replication that exist in every thing from how we think, feel and process information, to how a city, ant hill or chair is built. To create them Harris follows basic architectural principles of construction, which conceptually mirror genetics. Each layer of pastel or charcoal can support, join, enhance or disguise another layer. The process creates random mutations, suggesting formation of new elements or colonies. The beauty and elegance of these drawings co-exist with their readiness to spin out of control. The more one looks, the more intuitively familiar they become.

Harris is a graduate of the Hartford Art School. Her work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions at Linda Kirkland Gallery and Clementine Gallery in New York, and in numerous group shows since 1993.