Education
My degress are in mathematics and education. I absorbed art from my maternal grandparents and mother. Opa was an Abstract Expressionist and art teacher, Omama was a portraitist, and my mother was an illustrator and Disney cartoonist (Peter Pan).
Early in my career, I did a lot of crafts on the side while I raised a family and taught part-time. Recently, I have devoted my time to teaching and painting.
Early in my career, I did a lot of crafts on the side while I raised a family and taught part-time. Recently, I have devoted my time to teaching and painting.
Exhibitions and Selected Themes
2013 Upcoming: Portraits at Bakery San Juan in Friday Harbor January 2013; Exhibit at Allied Arts in Bellingham in July 2013.
2012 Sight, Mind, and Paint: Conversations with Rock, Tree, and Sky, Paintings by Pamela Mills and Julia Loyd, at Orcas Center Gallery, 917 Mt. Baker Road, Eastsound, WA 98245, June 1 - 26, 2012. Reception 5:30 - 7:00, Friday, June 1.
Ongoing one-woman show upstairs at Pablito's Taqueria in Friday Harbor.
2011 Tangles: The scribbles and tangles of the deep forest–oil paintings on canvas. Art teacher and tutor.
2010: Chimaera: Human and Animal: oil paintings on canvas. Art and writing teacher, Waldron Elementary.
2009: Trees and Bones: Two Waldron Artists: 77 paintings by Pamela Mills and Julia Loyd, Waldron Island. Art teacher, Waldron Elementary.
2008: Barns: large acrylic paintings on canvas. Art and natural history teacher, Waldron Elementary.
2007: Beaches and Fish: drawings, paintings, and fiddle tunes.
July: Orcas Center Art Show, acrylics.
2006: A Natural Connection: Five Artists from the Outer Islands Reflect the Living Earth, Island Museum of Art, Friday Harbor: photography.
2005: The Flowers of Waldron: acrylic paintings on canvas. Director, Waldron Island Alternative High School
2004: Neighbors: portraits in acrylic on canvas. Art teacher, Waldron Elementary.
2003: Shadows: watercolors. Art teacher, Waldron Alternative High School.
2002: Still Lifes: watercolors. Art teacher, Waldron Elementary.
2001: Sea Life and Folk Patterns: papercuts.
2000: University District StreetFair, Seattle: fabric arts and painted drums.
1999: Sheep: ink drawings.
1998: Highland Games, Enumclaw: fabric arts and painted drums. Director, Waldron Island Alternative High School
1997: Sweatlodge and Bodhran: painted drums. Held 2 workshops on stretching drums, Waldron Island. Director, Waldron Island Alternative High School.
1996: Tesselations in the Natural World: quilts. Art teacher, Waldron Elementary.
1989-94: Waldron’s Farmcrafter catalogue, pen and ink illustrations. Art teacher, Waldron Elementary.
1989: The Southern California Wheat Weaving Museum: pen and ink illustrations for archival documentation of thirty pieces in the collection. Art classes, Washington Elementary, Pomona, CA.
1973 - 1980: Southern and Northern California Renaissance Faires: fabric arts. Art classes, Romoland Elementary, Romoland, CA.
2012 Sight, Mind, and Paint: Conversations with Rock, Tree, and Sky, Paintings by Pamela Mills and Julia Loyd, at Orcas Center Gallery, 917 Mt. Baker Road, Eastsound, WA 98245, June 1 - 26, 2012. Reception 5:30 - 7:00, Friday, June 1.
Ongoing one-woman show upstairs at Pablito's Taqueria in Friday Harbor.
2011 Tangles: The scribbles and tangles of the deep forest–oil paintings on canvas. Art teacher and tutor.
2010: Chimaera: Human and Animal: oil paintings on canvas. Art and writing teacher, Waldron Elementary.
2009: Trees and Bones: Two Waldron Artists: 77 paintings by Pamela Mills and Julia Loyd, Waldron Island. Art teacher, Waldron Elementary.
2008: Barns: large acrylic paintings on canvas. Art and natural history teacher, Waldron Elementary.
2007: Beaches and Fish: drawings, paintings, and fiddle tunes.
July: Orcas Center Art Show, acrylics.
2006: A Natural Connection: Five Artists from the Outer Islands Reflect the Living Earth, Island Museum of Art, Friday Harbor: photography.
2005: The Flowers of Waldron: acrylic paintings on canvas. Director, Waldron Island Alternative High School
2004: Neighbors: portraits in acrylic on canvas. Art teacher, Waldron Elementary.
2003: Shadows: watercolors. Art teacher, Waldron Alternative High School.
2002: Still Lifes: watercolors. Art teacher, Waldron Elementary.
2001: Sea Life and Folk Patterns: papercuts.
2000: University District StreetFair, Seattle: fabric arts and painted drums.
1999: Sheep: ink drawings.
1998: Highland Games, Enumclaw: fabric arts and painted drums. Director, Waldron Island Alternative High School
1997: Sweatlodge and Bodhran: painted drums. Held 2 workshops on stretching drums, Waldron Island. Director, Waldron Island Alternative High School.
1996: Tesselations in the Natural World: quilts. Art teacher, Waldron Elementary.
1989-94: Waldron’s Farmcrafter catalogue, pen and ink illustrations. Art teacher, Waldron Elementary.
1989: The Southern California Wheat Weaving Museum: pen and ink illustrations for archival documentation of thirty pieces in the collection. Art classes, Washington Elementary, Pomona, CA.
1973 - 1980: Southern and Northern California Renaissance Faires: fabric arts. Art classes, Romoland Elementary, Romoland, CA.
Publications
2008: Zebra Lodge, a novel written with two students: cover design.
2007: The Loyd Family Cookbook, a self-published book: drawings.
2007: Zoo Tales by Rebecca Lovejoy: cover design.
2000: Plants and Animals of Waldron Island calendar: drawings.
1999: Derelict Boats of Waldron Island calendar: drawings.
1998: The Natural History of Waldron Island, a self-published book written with two students: drawings.
1984: El Rancho de Dinah, a bilingual Spanish book about my farm: drawings.
1983: Baby Crece, a bilingual Spanish book about my horse: drawings.
1980: A Chaparral Alphabet, an accordion alphabet book: drawings.
2007: The Loyd Family Cookbook, a self-published book: drawings.
2007: Zoo Tales by Rebecca Lovejoy: cover design.
2000: Plants and Animals of Waldron Island calendar: drawings.
1999: Derelict Boats of Waldron Island calendar: drawings.
1998: The Natural History of Waldron Island, a self-published book written with two students: drawings.
1984: El Rancho de Dinah, a bilingual Spanish book about my farm: drawings.
1983: Baby Crece, a bilingual Spanish book about my horse: drawings.
1980: A Chaparral Alphabet, an accordion alphabet book: drawings.
Other
I helped establish and maintain a Citizen Science group on Waldron, focusing on marine research. This work informs my paintings and photographs. In 2010, I received a Good Steward Award from the Stewardship Network of the San Juans.
