About the Artist
Background
Inspiration
Background
Artist Paula Ethridge is a professional oil painter who studied art at the University of Alabama. She also studied and painted internationally. Her work has been shown in art exhibitions and galleries such as Carnegie Visual Arts Center (Decatur, Alabama), Botanical Gardens (Huntsville, Alabama), Heartfelt Expressions at Lowe Mill ( H
Artist Paula Ethridge is a professional oil painter who studied art at the University of Alabama. She also studied and painted internationally. Her work has been shown in art exhibitions and galleries such as Carnegie Visual Arts Center (Decatur, Alabama), Botanical Gardens (Huntsville, Alabama), Heartfelt Expressions at Lowe Mill ( Huntsville, Alabama), and the Alabama Center for the Arts (Decatur, Alabama), among others.
Paula has attended art residencies and exhibited abroad in Italy, France, and Germany. Most notably with Artists in Italy at Easels and Lens in Tuscany with Julian Hyzler, and at France's Chateau Orquevaux under the guidance of Jennifer Taylor. Other prominent professional mentors include John Guernsey and Seth Haverkamp.
Medium
Inspiration
Background
Paula specializes in oil painting, combining a unique mixture of realism and impressionism.
Inspiration
Inspiration
Inspiration
Paula pulls inspiration from a myriad of personal experiences as both participant and observer. She constantly draws from the southern culture she was born into. She is truly a child of the South. Her art reflects the gentil and comfortable nature of the northern Alabama lifestyle in which she grew up and still resides. While she would n
Paula pulls inspiration from a myriad of personal experiences as both participant and observer. She constantly draws from the southern culture she was born into. She is truly a child of the South. Her art reflects the gentil and comfortable nature of the northern Alabama lifestyle in which she grew up and still resides. While she would never turn from her southern roots, Paula's European travels in the pursuit of growing her craft has unveiled a new dimension. These experiences have given her the inspiration to capture the connection of her roots from an outsider's perspective.
While she is quite content in her personal studio, Paula frequently stretches her boundaries and regularly attends workshops and travels for art residencies to expand her interests and draws from those experiences to create unique pieces. Many of Paula's most desirable pieces have come from her leaving her studio and painting plein air in natural settings. Paula's work encompasses landscapes, still life, and portraits.