Paula Nelson received her BFA in Graphic Design + Illustration
from ​Kent State University, in Ohio in 2004.
​She is currently living and working in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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Paula is a representational oil painter, with a strong focus on color relationships and expressive brushwork. She is interested in how it feels to truly sit with a subject, be it still life or landscape, and carefully study the moment. Sitting still, paying homage to overlooked everyday experiences, such as a daily drive down a grey highway of bare winter trees, are places to find inspiration. Studying the way shapes connect with one another, she simplifies unnecessary noise with bold, purposeful brushstrokes. Her work is deeply focused on looking more closely at everyday life, the passage of time, and capturing simple moments.

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Selected Exhibitions:

• Bucks County Wine + Art Trail Group Show 

          Newtown, PA Sept '24

• Flemington Plein Air Quick Draw! Competition 

          Flemington, NJ Oct '22, "24

• Young Fish: a Celebration of Fools Group Show

           1120 Studios, Easton PA April '23

• Spring Group Show

          Connexions Gallery, Easton PA March '23, '24

• Spring Group Show

          Exhibit B Gallery, Souderton, PA March '23, '24

• Winter Group Show

          Connexions Gallery, Easton PA Dec '22, '23, '24

• Winter Group Show

          Exhibit B Gallery, Souderton, PA Nov '22, '23, '24
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• Doylestown Arts Fest 

          Doylestown, PA Sept '22, '23, '24

• Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County Members' Fall Salon 

          Doylestown, PA Sept '22

• ​Spring/Summer Show

          The 2nd Floor Gallery, Revere, PA March-August '22

• "Scenes of Easton" group show

          Connexions Gallery, Easton, PA August '22, '23, '24

• Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County "R.E.D. Show"

          Doylestown, PA June '22, '23, '24 

• Square Foot Show - "In Bloom"

          Online only, April '22

• Shadfest Art Auction

          Lambertville, NJ April '22, '23, '24

• "Renewal" group show

          Eclipse Center for Creative Community, Lansdale, PA April '22

• Artsbridge Member Art Salon at Prallsville Mill

          Stockton, NJ March '22

• New Hope Arts member group show

          New Hope, PA March '22  

• "Focus on Figures" group show

          North River Arts Society, South Shore, MA March '22  
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• "Time + Place" solo show,

           the Art Parlour Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ July '21

• Beach Haven Art Walk,

          Long Beach Island, NJ June '21

• "Eros and the Anatomy of Desire" group show,  

          the Art Parlour Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ Feb '21

• "Memento Mori" group show,

          the Art Parlour Gallery,  Frenchtown, NJ Oct '20

• "Shell Yes" solo show,

​          the Shellmore, Charleston, SC Nov '19

• Contributing artist,

          the Station, Park Circle Charleston, June 2018-Jan 2020

• Featured muralist,

          Charleston Wine + Food Fest, March '18,

• Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County Members' Fall Salon 

          Doylestown, PA Sept '22

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Awards and Honors:

• Painting "Watchful" chosen to be displayed at Buckingham Valley Vineyards through the Bucks County Wine + Art Trail, Nov '23
• Featured in the Goodtype Book Vol1 & Vol2 https://www.goodtype.us/book
• Lewis Williams Scholarship recipient for Outstanding Senior Portfolio, Visual Communication Design program, Kent State University

• 2008 First Place Pressclub Award in Illustration with Great Lakes Publishing
• American Society of Business Publication Editors Award for Oct '07's Presstime Magazine's cover "World View"
• Multiple Addy Awards for illustration
• Lecturer for Ohio University's Editorial Illustration senior classes, Spring '07 & '08

All Images Copyright Paula Nelson. All Rights Reserved.