I paint because I love to...
I am in my own world when I paint.
The excitement has never worn off.
I take something that is true in life and recreate that truth through color, surface texture, and mark making. My subject might be an aerial view, people walking in the rain, the holocaust, or a dog named Rex. What becomes important to me is the process and ultimately for the viewer to experience that process. In telling my story I want the viewer to recognize something familiar and experience something new.

Paniting:
The beauty of oil paint is to sculpt the paint on my surface. Forming and manipulating brilliant colors across the surface, scraping and building layers. My vocabulary in telling my story is color, line and texture.

Screen Printing:
I find my image again after sifting through many layers of color. Excavating with sander or razor blade I scrape through and discover what was underneath finding a treasure that needs to come to life. The process is screen printing /painting. I paint into the print and screen on top of the painting. No two are alike.

—Paula Wachsstock

Commisioned work available upon request.