Meladramas

"Queen of the Night"
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Romain de Tirtoff
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© 2026 Pamela MacCarthy

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Meladramas

Sunday, August 18, 2024

(1996)

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"Summer Lilies"

Black Ink, Watercolor, Oil Pastels
on
Watercolor Paper

13” X 9”
33.2 X 22.8 cm

The lovely Leo
My mother was born this day...
'Remembering her

© 2024 Pamela MacCarthy

I created this painting many Summer's ago,
while visiting my mother in upstate NY.

It's a fond memory, visiting her there from Japan,
with my son Michio, and celebrating her birthday,
August 18th...

Today, my mother is gone, my childhood home upstate is gone,
Akio and my home and life in Japan, gone...

Loss is a bitter pill.

But today I honor and remember my mother, Shirley.

"The Sheltering Sky"

Ryuichi Sakamoto

From The Album

Opus

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Shirley Ann (Myers MacCarthy) Arraiz

August 18th, 1935 ~ May 20th, 2024

Till Next Time...

Labels: "Summer Lilies", Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Haiku, My mother Shirley, Pamela MacCarthy's artwork, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Summer 2024, YouTube

3:50 PM

Thursday, May 23, 2024

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"Clementines, Shamrocks, and the Light"

To my dear mother:
Rest easy and be sure to
save me a good seat...

© 2024 Pamela MacCarthy

My lovely mother, Shirley, has recently passed away,
she was 88.

She had been in the care of my sisters
Wendy and Bonnie, since her stroke about 3 years ago.

She has taught me so many things
from my childhood to her last day,
that will stay with me all my life.

I will miss her blue eyes and sense of humor,
she passed both, to me.

For my son Michio, I'm sure he will always remember the spectacular summers
we spent with her and my step-dad, Al,
also joined by my 3 sisters, Debra, Wendy and Bonnie,
and their families.

As an artist, when emotion overtakes me,
I create, or think of creating.
I take a walk in nature and let it work its magic-
It helps me to process emotions that are too hard
to cope with...

So today some photos,
and a music playlist,
in gratitude and love for my mother, Shirley...

Pamela MacCarthy Photos 2024

Follow the link to hear my playlist on YouTube:

5-2024 Music Playlist:

Gato Negro (Daniel Hokum & Okuma Remix) - Klik & Frik
A Different Light - Trentemøller
Creek - Hiroshi Yoshimura
The Piper's Call - David Gilmour
Crimson and Clover - Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld
Trade Winds - McCoy Tyner, ft. Béla Fleck
Le Surboomer - Grand Tourism
You Are Not An Island - Vanishing Twin
Sea Song - Pat Metheny
Walking On Air - King Crimson

Pamela MacCarthy Photos 2024

© 2024 Pamela MacCarthy
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Shirley Ann (Myers MacCarthy) Arraiz
(9-2016)

August 18, 1935 ~ May 20, 2024

Rest in Peace,
Mommy

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, May Photos, Music playlist, My mother Shirley, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Rest In Peace Shirley, Spring 2024

3:45 PM

Thursday, August 18, 2022

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"Train Station at Dusk”

Heat, and sunflowers
August at dusk is lovely...
When day turns to night

© 2022 Pamela MacCarthy

Happy Birthday to my mother, Shirley!

"River Man"
(N. Drake)

Brad Mehldau, pf
Larry Grenadier, b
Jorge Rossy, ds

From The Album

Progression: The Art of the Trio, Vol. 5

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, August photos, Brad Mehldau Trio, Haiku, My mother Shirley, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Summer 2022, You Tube

11:43 PM

Saturday, May 07, 2022

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"Happy Mother's Day”

Digital

To my mother, Shirley,
and to myself, and all mothers all over the world,
Happy Mother's Day, 2022!

”The Ladder”

Röyksopp

From the Album

Profound Mysteries

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Digital Art 2022, Haiku, Happy Mother's Day, My mother Shirley, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Röyksopp, Spring 2022, YouTube

7:00 PM

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

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“ Summerlight ”
2001

Gouache on Canvas

24” X 28.5”
60.5 cm x 72.5 cm

August is the month
for sunflowers, dragonflies,
and mother’s birthday...

© 2020 Pamela MacCarthy

Happy Birthday To My Mother, Shirley!

" Dragonfly Summer "

Michael Franks

From The Album

Dragonfly Summer

Till Next Time...

Labels: Acrylic Gouache, Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Dragonfly, Haiku, Happy Birthday To My Mother, My mother Shirley, Pamela MacCarthy's artwork 2020, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Summer 2020, Sunflowers, YouTube

1:55 AM

Saturday, August 17, 2019

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“ Welcome... ”
(2004)

72 cm x 90 cm
(28.3” X 35.4”)
Gouache on canvas

Today is my mother Shirley’s birthday...

“ Introspection ”

Luiz Bonfá

Enchanted Mirror
Summertime Love
Reflections
Concerto for Guitar
Rain
Leque
Missal (Estudo)
Adventure in Space

'Till Next Time...

Labels: Acrylic Gouache, Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Happy Birthday, Luiz Bonfá, My mother Shirley, Pamela MacCarthy's artwork 2019, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Summer 2019, YouTube

6:53 PM

Saturday, May 11, 2019

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" Get There "

Digital

Today I think of
my dearest mother Shirley...
We both have blue eyes...

© 2019 Pamela MacCarthy

" Happy Mother’s Day! "

" One Week Last Summer "

Joni Mitchell

From The CD

Shine

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Digital Art 2019, Haiku, Happy Mother's Day, My mother Shirley, Pamela MacCarthy's artwork 2019, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, YouTube

10:26 PM

Friday, August 17, 2018

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“ Sunflower ”

August 18th is
my mother Shirley’s birthday…
She likes sunflowers…

© 2018 Pamela MacCarthy

“Do Right Woman- Do Right Man”

Aretha Franklin

From The CD

Soul Queen: Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin
March 25, 1942 ~ August 16, 2018

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, August photos, Haiku, Happy Birthday To My Mother, In Memory Of Aretha Franklin, My mother Shirley, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Summer 2018, Sunflowers, YouTube

9:32 PM

Thursday, August 17, 2017

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“ Me & My Mom, Shirley ”
Last Summer, Upstate, NY
9-8-2016

Today is my mother’s birthday…

Happy Birthday,

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Happy Birthday To My Mother, My mother Shirley, NY TRIP 2016, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Summer 2017

7:09 PM

Saturday, May 13, 2017

“Lilacs, op.21-5”
(Sergei Rachmaninoff)

Dmitri Alexeev

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Happy Mother's Day, My mother Shirley, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Watercolor Paintings, YouTube

12:19 PM

Monday, August 17, 2015

”Italian Polka”
( Sergei Rachmaninoff )
Vyacheslav Gryaznov

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Etegami 2015, Haiku, Happy Birthday To My Mother, Italian Polka, My mother Shirley, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Summer 2015, Watercolor Paintings, YouTube

7:18 PM

Sunday, August 17, 2014

August 18th, 2014

The prettiest blue
I see whenever I look
in my mother's eyes...
© 2014 Pamela MacCarthy

"My Mother's Eyes"

Nellie Lutcher

Till Next Time...