[Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador]

The Grumpy Goat Gallery Cara & Pam

Cara Kansala and Pam Dorey have been collaborating on hand carved and painted furniture and sculpture since 2003.

"We both enjoy word play and the absurdity of everyday life.  Last year, Cara did a painting entitled Sometimes When Pop Was Out Fishing Nan Would Bake Pies in the Nude.  The best part of this piece was that it was based on a true story.  We live in outport Newfoundland where funny things happen –and eventually everyone hears about them."  Pam Dorey

If it is rich in character, sculpted from wood, or painted in bright colours, chances are Cara Kansala and Pam Dorey have made it for an exhibition, as a commission or for sale in their own Grumpy Goat Gallery in Upper Island Cove.  Right now, their favourite furniture projects include chairs that sprout fishermen and sea gulls or headboards shaped like waves festooned with mermaids.  Last spring it was a rowdy celebration of Newfoundland's folk music with eccentric musical instruments, doorknockers and floor cloths.  Cara and Pam's work is possessed with an irresistible energy.  Dancing houses the colour of red long johns, vivid purple skies and yellow bobbing boats…there are no inanimate objects or straight lines in their collages and sculptures. 

Product Description:

Signed as "Cara and Pam" the product line of unique, hand carved and painted objects includes functional furniture, sculpture and collages. There is also a series of art cards based on the original one of a kind objects. Depicted scenes suggest Cara and Pam's upbeat version of outport Newfoundland, which is full of merriment, music and good times.  Fun loving cats, dogs, goats, fishermen, nans and assorted friends populate a rollicking land and seascape of vivid colours guaranteed to make you smile.

Address: 38 Green Road
City: Upper Island Cove
Province: Newfoundland and Labrador
Postal Code: A0A4E0
Email: carasjoy@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.thegrumpygoatgallery.blogspot.com/