The Office: A Closer Look At 10 Of Pam’s Pieces Of Art

Pam is Dunder Mifflin’s longtime receptionist, saleswoman, and office administrator. She knows everything there is to know about the company, even if she doesn’t necessarily love her job. When Pam isn’t busy at work, her mind is focused on her true passion: art. 

With a little push from Jim, Pam enrolled in the Pratt Institute to get an art degree. And while that path didn’t turn out exactly as she’d hoped, she still showed her love of art at Dunder Mifflin through everyday escapades. From murals to doodles, Pam has done it all on The Office.

10 Dunder Mifflin

This has got to be one of Pam’s most well-known pieces of art. She took inspiration from things around her and created a pleasing workplace aesthetic for an art show. The star was this watercolor of Dunder Mifflin. Sadly, not too many people showed up to the art show, but Michael made sure to make an appearance. And it’s a good thing he did. He was so taken aback by Pam’s talent that he bought her watercolor of Dunder Mifflin and hung it in the office. Pam hugged him in gratitude as tears welled up in her eyes.

9 The Warehouse Mural

In the ninth and final season of The Office, Nellie puts Pam in charge of painting a mural in the warehouse to boost morale. It took some time for Pam to find out what direction she was going in but when she did, it was full steam ahead. 

She started out painting a mural of people turning trees into paper, but it was disfigured by a rude warehouse worker. Truth be told, her newer mural turned out much better. She painted the familiar and friendly faces that worked at Dunder Mifflin, and it was perfect. 

8 Dwight The Perp

In the episode “Women’s Appreciation,” Phyllis is flashed in the parking lot and the entire office is uneasy. To prove he respects women and their feelings, Michael takes the gals to the mall for a day away. Back at the office, Dwight is on a mission to find out who assaulted Phyllis. Pam even drew a picture of what the perp looked like based on Phyllis’s description. Hysterically, she made the guy look like Dwight with a mustache and he didn’t even realize it until the end of the episode.

7 Dunder Mifflin’s Local Ad

In the fourth season, David Wallace hired a media company to go to Scranton and film a new commercial for Dunder Mifflin Scranton. Michael was under the impression that he had full creative control, but that wasn’t the case.

Regardless of what David Wallace wanted, Pam helped Michael design an ad through graphic design. She created flying pieces of paper and Dunder Mifflin’s logo. Michael adored the new ad but corporate didn’t. They ended up scrapping Pam’s artwork but she should still be proud of herself. 

6 Her Other Artworks At The Art Show

Although Pam’s watercolor of Dunder Mifflin gets most of the praise, her other paintings in the art show that deserve some attention too. She painted flowers, a stapler, a mug of tea… With so many of these things found around the office, it’s fun to imagine Pam drawing things that were around her desk rather than doing work.

It’s surprising that she didn’t paint Jim given how much she stares at him every day. Then again, this was when Jim was with Karen. That could have been an awkward showdown at the art show.

5 Refrigerator Art

In the episode “The Search,” one of Pam’s refrigerator drawings gets attention after someone wrote a sly caption on it. Pam could have easily been upset that someone defaced her doodle but she instead turned it into an office activity. She drew more pictures for her co-workers and they embarked on a caption contest. Gabe, of course, hated everything about the contest but everyone else had a fun time coming up with the best caption — even Angela.

4 Her Sketch From “Couples Discount”

In the episode “Couples Discount,” it’s Valentine’s Day and everyone is trying to get out of the office. As usual, Jim and Pam share an adorable moment while exchanging gifts. Jim gives Pam a sketch that she drew a while back in a beautiful frame. If fans don’t recognize this sketch from previous episodes, it turns out this drawing is shown in a scene from season 5, but utlimately it got deleted from the episode. 

3 Stanley’s Mustache

In an opening scene, everyone is in a heated debate about Stanley’s mustache: does he have one or not? At this point, he wasn’t in the office yet, so the entire office took bets on how they remembered Stanley. Pam helped by drawing two pictures of him to help jog everyone’s memory. When Stanley finally came into work, the office erupted when he did, in fact, have a mustache. 

2 Lloyd Gross

When Sabre took over Dunder Mifflin, a few things changed in the office. One of those was a salary cap for the sales team. After a certain amount of sales, the salespeople were no longer allowed to receive compensation. Jim and Dwight were incensed over this rule because they were doing great at their jobs. It was hindering them from making even more money and more sales.

1 Her Doodle For Michael

In a talking head, Pam explains that every so often she disrupts Michael’s meetings to hand him a Post-It with a made-up message on it. Michael loves to act busier than he is, especially when Jan is around. In one clip, Michael looks at the Post-It and there’s a picture of a hot dog saying “Hiya, Buddy.” Michael always acts like the note says something important but fans all know he secretly keeps these and giggles at them later on.

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