Pamela A Babusci
Rochester, New York
Biography
Pamela is an internationally award-winning haiku/tanka and haiga artist. She loves to sumi-e paint, write Japanese calligraphy, abstract paint, make jewelry, sculpt and assemble collages. Some of her awards include The Museum of Haiku Literature Award, International Tanka Splendor Awards, First Place Mainichi Haiku Award (Japan), First Place Tanka Yellow Moon Competition (Aust), First Place Kokako Tanka Competition (NZ), First Place Saigyo Tanka Competition (US), First Place Inaugural Tanka Festival (Japan), First Place (tanka) San Francisco International Contest, First Place Mt. Fuji Tanka Contest (Japan). She has illustrated several books and journals including Akitsu Quarterly, Full Moon Tide: The Best of Tanka Splendor Awards, Taboo Haiku, Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka Volume 1, The Delicate Dance of Wings, Chasing the Sun: selected haiku from HNA 2007, A Thousand Reasons,: In Sun, Snow and Rain: Tanka from a World of Song and pages from a tanka diary. She was the logo artist for Haiku North America in New York City in 2003 and again in Winston-Salem in 2007. Pamela has collaborated at several art galleries in Rochester, NY, featuring oil painters Larry DeKock and Jono Peterson, for whom she has written tanka to complement their paintings. She is/was the founder and editor of moonbathing: a journal of women’s tanka, the first all-women’s international tanka journal, that was published for thirteen years. Currently, she is the tanka editor of: the art of tanka. Her three tanka collections are A Thousand Reasons, A Solitary Woman and pages from a tanka diary.
Artist's Statement
Pamela considers herself a self-taught artist, poet and beginning sculptor. She has learned her artistic techniques through reading and studying art books, art demonstrations, or just experimenting. Pamela started writing poetry in her early teenage years in order to cope with her dysfunctional family; it was a way to express her feelings when it wasn’t “safe” to and to this day, writing tanka/poetry and making art helps with her ongoing healing. “Art isn't something you master, but, it’s a lifestyle one cultivates to open up and to be receptive to the creative process. One should always be free and willing to expose their heart, soul, and inner being in their art form. That in itself, is the power of art."
Poetry and art have been an integral part of her existence since her early teenage years. She has a deep desire to be creative on a daily basis. It feeds her spirit and soul, gives meaning to her life, and will continue to be a driving force until she meets her creator.
Pamela is an internationally award-winning haiku/tanka and haiga artist. She loves to sumi-e paint, write Japanese calligraphy, abstract paint, make jewelry, sculpt and assemble collages. Some of her awards include The Museum of Haiku Literature Award, International Tanka Splendor Awards, First Place Mainichi Haiku Award (Japan), First Place Tanka Yellow Moon Competition (Aust), First Place Kokako Tanka Competition (NZ), First Place Saigyo Tanka Competition (US), First Place Inaugural Tanka Festival (Japan), First Place (tanka) San Francisco International Contest, First Place Mt. Fuji Tanka Contest (Japan). She has illustrated several books and journals including Akitsu Quarterly, Full Moon Tide: The Best of Tanka Splendor Awards, Taboo Haiku, Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka Volume 1, The Delicate Dance of Wings, Chasing the Sun: selected haiku from HNA 2007, A Thousand Reasons,: In Sun, Snow and Rain: Tanka from a World of Song and pages from a tanka diary. She was the logo artist for Haiku North America in New York City in 2003 and again in Winston-Salem in 2007. Pamela has collaborated at several art galleries in Rochester, NY, featuring oil painters Larry DeKock and Jono Peterson, for whom she has written tanka to complement their paintings. She is/was the founder and editor of moonbathing: a journal of women’s tanka, the first all-women’s international tanka journal, that was published for thirteen years. Currently, she is the tanka editor of: the art of tanka. Her three tanka collections are A Thousand Reasons, A Solitary Woman and pages from a tanka diary.
Artist's Statement
Pamela considers herself a self-taught artist, poet and beginning sculptor. She has learned her artistic techniques through reading and studying art books, art demonstrations, or just experimenting. Pamela started writing poetry in her early teenage years in order to cope with her dysfunctional family; it was a way to express her feelings when it wasn’t “safe” to and to this day, writing tanka/poetry and making art helps with her ongoing healing. “Art isn't something you master, but, it’s a lifestyle one cultivates to open up and to be receptive to the creative process. One should always be free and willing to expose their heart, soul, and inner being in their art form. That in itself, is the power of art."
Poetry and art have been an integral part of her existence since her early teenage years. She has a deep desire to be creative on a daily basis. It feeds her spirit and soul, gives meaning to her life, and will continue to be a driving force until she meets her creator.
