Paulette Insall's Profile

From: Portland, OR
Joined: May 20, 2008
http://pauletteinsall.typepad.com

About pauletteinsall:

Like many other artists, Paulette has been creative from a very young age. For many years she dreamed of painting, but could never bring herself to pick up a paint brush until October of 2006. That's when her love of creating stories with paint and paper began. Her mixed media paintings are visual stories with many, many layers...not only literally, but figuratively as well. Inspired by her faith, music, nature, and life, her work mainly focuses around spiritual themes meant to uplift and inspire the viewer.

With her background in technical writing and instruction, it was only natural that Paulette would eventually teach painting classes. She now offers online mixed media painting classes via her blog. Wanting to encourage others to face their fears and do the thing that they've always wanted to, her classes are structured to encourage students to explore and trust their creative voices and listen to their intuition.

Originally from Alabama, Paulette now lives just outside of Portland, Oregon with her husband and their very busy four year old son Aiden. When she's not busy chasing around her little boy, she loves to paint, take pictures, read anything to do with art and/or design, and make videos about her art.

Artist Statement

My art is about the search for connection…to self, to like minded spirits, to family, and to God. The reason that most of my work depicts a sole woman is because these are the stories of my own personal search and the emotions they invoke within my soul. My hope is that the visual stories I create with my art, touch people from all walks of life and let them know that they are not alone…and find comfort in that knowing.