After receiving a BA in Studio Art from Grinnell College, Paula Green moved to Houston, Texas where she attended classes at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts School and worked as an illustrator at the Houston Zoological Gardens. Moving to Maine in 1979, she continued to work with colored pencil and pen and ink while exploring printmaking with Frances Hodsdon. Currently she divides her time between her graphics business, Peagreen Card Company, and producing mixed media and three-dimensional work for galleries.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
At present I am interested in exploring personalities and relationships by working with oil stick and acrylic paint on board. I try to use the simplest means to achieve human expression and to convey emotion in a way that is familiar to the viewer. I've lately tried adding beeswax to the surface of some of my pieces, in an attempt to emphasize layers in material as well as layers of human personality.
Three-dimensional assemblage is another aspect of my artwork. I like to use commonplace objects which, when added to other materials, make a new form. That form is most often human. The challenge is combining materials to make something that transcends the original elements and takes on a life of its own.
EXHIBITS
Downtown Gallery, Washington, Maine 1996 – 2006
Backroads Gallery, Damariscotta, Maine 2001 - 2005, 2007
Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine 1997, 2004
The Drawing Room Gallery, St. George, Maine 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002
Blaine House, Augusta, Maine 2002
Ellsworth Public Library, Ellsworth, Maine 2001
Three Fish Gallery, Portland, Maine 2000
Eastland Gallery, Portland, Maine 2000
West Island Gallery, Bath, Maine 1999
Gayle Willson Gallery, Southampton, New York 1998
Gibbs Library, Washington, Maine 1993, 1996, 2003
Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, Maine 1990, 1993 - 1996
Performing Arts Center of Bath, Bath, Maine 1984, 1985
Alma Yoray's Danceworks, Bath, Maine 1983
Railroad Square Cinema, Waterville, Maine 1982
Open Book and Art Forum, Portland, Maine 1981
Roberto Molina Gallery, Houston, Texas 1978
