Meladramas

"Queen of the Night"
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Meladramas

Friday, March 20, 2026

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"Spring Ride Home On The Bikepath"
(1999)

53 cm x 65 cm
21" X 26"

Gouache on canvas

Magical flowers
Their color and scent remain
In my memory...

© 2026 Pamela MacCarthy

I painted this in 1999,
in a town in Western Tokyo,
where I lived (and bicycled) then.

It's been some time since then!
Forsythia's (Rengyo) mean Spring
to me since I was a little girl
in upstate New York.

Spring is here!

Joy Spring
(C. Brown)

Richie Powell, pf
Harold Land, ts
Clifford Brown, t
George Morrow, b
Max Roach, ds

From Their Album

Clifford Brown & Max Roach

Till Next Time...

Labels: "Spring Ride Home On The Bikepath", Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Clifford Brown, Haiku, Pamela MacCarthy's artwork, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Spring 2026, Spring Equinox, YouTube

12:50 PM

Saturday, March 29, 2025

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"Cherry Blossoms in the
Backyard Shrine"
(2002)

Acrylic gouache
on canvas

20.5 X 25"
52 X 63.5 cm

I'm recollecting
When I painted this beauty:
Just out the window...

© 2025 Pamela MacCarthy

I've decided to highlight this painting today.

It was once up on my old (now gone) flash website,
but I couldn't find it here.

It was created the year before this blog, in 2002,
it's in my private collection.

Today I present this ethereal
memory of my time in Japan;

"Cherry Blossoms in the Backyard Shrine"...

Till Next Time...

Labels: "Cherry Blossoms in the Backyard Shrine", Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Haiku, Japan, Pamela MacCarthy's artwork, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Spring 2025

9:45 AM

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

Tuesday, May 07, 2024

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"Pamela and The Lotus Pond"

Looking at past works
I see my transformation
Chrysalis no more...

© 2024 Pamela MacCarthy

I have been painting since childhood.
I felt my history and evolution while taking this self-portrait with "Lotus Pond", from 2003.
It's traveled with me here to Florida, from Japan...

In the past, as in this painting, I mostly painted what I saw.
Learning as I go, in studio and en plein air,
and revelling in the beautious scenery of Japan!

Then I went digital,
using imagination and honing my hand to mouse skills, editing, and digital skills...

I've had many successful shows in Japan, mostly in the jazz clubs I also performed in,
and art house coffee shops and restaurants.
But never a gallery.
I've had no luck getting a gallery showing in Japan.

Consequently, many of my canvases, (including "The Lotus Pond")
have not been seen in public due to the smoking
that was prevalent in most non-gallery public spaces, then, in Japan...

What I'm doing now is abstraction, or as I describe it "intuitive" painting.

As a jazz singer, I see similarities in the artistic creative process; you must first learn fundamentals;
learn the music as it's written, before you can "improvise" with any precision.
You just know/feel when it's time to fly.

It's time to fly.

I want to do a retrospective; incorporating my art, new and old and with some of my music
into one show.
Not much to ask from the Universe, is it?

"Four Post Cards"

吉村弘 Hiroshi Yoshimura

From:

Four Post Cards

Till Next Time...

Labels: Ambient, Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Cup Of Now, Haiku, May Photos, Pamela MacCarthy's artwork, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Spring 2024, The Lotus Pond, YouTube, 吉村弘 Hiroshi Yoshimura

12:25 PM

Saturday, May 08, 2021

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" Freesia ”
1996

Black Ink, Watercolor, Oil Pastels

Watercolor Paper

12 X 16”
31 X 40 cm

I thought of this painting, while considering Mother’s Day.

I created it in March of 1996,
using a gorgeous Boku glass vase...
I’ve always liked freesia, not only for its enchanting scent,
but the shape of the blooms, and leaves.

Today my son will visit.

Happy Mother’s Day!

" Reverie ”
(C. Debussy)

François-Joël Thiollier

From the CD

Debussy: Piano Works, Vol. 1

Till Next Time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Debussy, Freesia, Happy Mother's Day, Pamela MacCarthy's artwork, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Watercolor Paintings, YouTube

9:44 PM

Thursday, June 25, 2020

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“Chinese Trumpet Flowers”

1999

Gouache on Canvas
17” X 21”
45.5 cm x 53 cm

I decided to show this older painting of mine, today...

These flowers are making an appearance now,
and it reminded me of this painting.

I took new photos of it, it now looks as it should...

This painting was the last one I used black outlines on a canvas,
21 years ago!

“ These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) ”

Brad Mehldau Trio

Brad Mehldau, pf
Larry Grenadier, b
Jeff Ballard, ds

From The CD

Blues And Ballads

Till Next Time...

Labels: "Chinese Trumpet Flowers", Acrylic Gouache, Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Brad Mehldau Trio, Pamela MacCarthy's artwork, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Summer 2020, YouTube

1:25 AM

Wednesday, June 08, 2016

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“ Ajisai ”
(1998)

Gouache on canvas
45.5 cm x 53 cm

Clouds and rainy days
The colors of Ajisai
are definite perks

© 2016 Pamela MacCarthy

Till Next Time...

Labels: "Ajisai", Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Haiku, Pamela MacCarthy's artwork, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas, Rainy Season

10:25 PM

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Happy Birthday Michio, Pamela MacCarthy's artwork

8:40 PM

Monday, October 01, 2007

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“The Canna”

Gouache on Canvas

21” X 26”
53 cm x 66 cm

I present my finished canvas, at last!
I've worked on this most of the summer,
I'm very happy with the result.

These flowers were growing in the water next to the ricefield,
I wanted to catch the verdant fluidity and rich colors...

I performed my last time at the Ritz-Carlton, last night.
Keisaku & I were in top form.

Now, I am celebrating my harvest!

I wish my youngest sister Bonnie
a very Happy Birthday,
the 30th September, Libra girl...

'Till next time...

Labels: Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Pamela MacCarthy's artwork, The Canna

1:20 AM

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

© 2006 Pamela MacCarthy
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“Michio Is 20”

50.5 cm x 60.5 cm

Gouache on canvas

At last, I present my finished portrait of my son, Michio.

Painting Michio's portrait is something I've felt a very strong urge to do
for a while now.
Him turning 20 seemed an auspicious time to finally take this challenge on...

I'm very proud of this, and my son.

Till next time... 'Mela

Labels: "Michio Is 20", Artist Pamela MacCarthy, Pamela MacCarthy's artwork, Pamela MacCarthy's Meladramas

6:14 PM

Sunday, June 12, 2005

It's the shoubu season now in Japan.
Also called ayame, or irises, in English.
Every year, after the rice fields are flooded, these flowers are soon to follow.

This is a painting I did a few years ago of these flowers...

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“Irises At Nakagawara”
(1999)

53 cm x 65 cm

Gouache on canvas

I had a rehearsal on Friday with the B Naturals
at BFlat Akasaka.
Our show tomorrow night.

The B Naturals are:
Jonathan Katz- piano
Andy Wulf- tenor, soprano sax
Pat Halloran- trombone
Mark Tourian- bass
Cecil Monroe- drums

Till next time... 'Mela

Labels: “Irises At Nakagawara", Artist Pamela MacCarthy, B-FLAT Akasaka, B-Naturals, Jazz Vocalist Pamela MacCarthy, Pamela MacCarthy's artwork

1:15 AM