Love Letter to Life 04.27.2026 Grief and Healing

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, Painting helps me to identify root causes of feelings. My Spirit guides me through the journey of grief: loss of loved ones, life changes, and losses due to disease, cancer. Grief can come unannounced and take a seat at the table. It sits there quietly until I notice its shadow. Sorrow. Sadness. Pain. Anxiety. Fear.
Grief whispers, “Come sit with me. Do not be afraid. I am a part of you. I am seeking comfort and companionship. Do not abandon me. Be with me. Together we can heal.”
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Acrylic Ink on Yupo Paper 03.19.2026

Love Letter to Life 04.20.2026 Energy Portrait Exhibit

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, My campus studio is near this exhibit of my work and i can see through a window people stopping to look at the pieces. I smile. I make art and like to share my art. I talk about art and look at art. I think and dream about art. I guess this makes me an artist obsessed with art and who likes to spy on people!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Love Letter to Light 04.18.2026 Golden Hour

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, As I relaxed on the chaise lounge in my home studio, the golden light of sunset engulfed my work tables. I smiled and felt deep gratitude for the beauty, peace and solitude. In a world disrupted by major daily news, minor disagreements, and the sadness of taking down my Inside-Out exhibit, a refuge is appreciated. My Spirit needs to restore my body and mind. Gratitude for the Light.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Home Studio at the Golden Hour 04.17.2026

Love Letter to Life 04.14.2026 Energy Portraits

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, I have a new exhibit of 20 Energy Portraits – 10 paintings and 10 drawings – at Santa Fe Community College. This series, beginning in 2024, expresses being an artist living with cancer. The pieces document my “energy” going through chemotherapy and other cancer treatments. I am happy to see them again in a new light.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Love Letter to Life 04.06.2026 Resurrection

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, It is a powerful time, seasonally, spiritually, politically, globally. The winds of spring are stirring up my creative juices and need to center in the moment. On Easter morning, I painted this watercolor. There is new growth, buds blooming, people embracing their loved ones, traditions, and praying for peace in the face of wars with far-reaching affects. May we give one another much needed moments of connectedness.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Watercolor on Paper 04.05.2026

Love Letter to Life 04.03.2026 Living With Heart

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, Wherever you may be, whoever you may be with, whatever you may be doing, however you may be feeling, please live with heart. My heart to yours on this new day.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Acrylic Ink on Paper 03.18.2026

Love Letter to Life 03.29.2026 NED

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, I am currently “healthy” and living an active life. There are still doctor appointments, blood tests, PetScans and all the general medical routine health checks. I need to tell each new medical professional my history: Stage 4 Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma since 2020. Tomorrow I meet a new doctor and hand them a 6-page, single spaced, document of all the treatments and medicines I have had since diagnosis. Right now, I only take allergy two meds. Do I dare say, “No Evidence of Disease”. A miracle.
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

Acrylic Ink on Yupo Paper

Love Letter to Life 03.26.2026 Seeing Changes

| Pamela Markoya

Dear Life, The signs of Spring are appearing in my watercolors. I am painting a series of 30 Watercolor and Sumi Ink pieces. Nature coming into the work from the outside-in. A balance to my Inside-Out project. Blood and guts need nature’s healing!
Yours Truly, Pamela Rose

4 Watercolor and Sumi Ink Paintings