A Closer Look by Paula Dupuy

Join us Friday February 9 from 6-8 pm and meet the artist. It’s casual dress, and bring a friend with you if you like. Light refreshment will be served at this free event.

Artist Statement by Paula Dupuy

In 2010, I retired from The University of Toledo as a professor of Counseling and School Psychology. I had spent years as a practicing psychologist and counselor, and teacher, researcher, and academician. I moved back to Cincinnati, locating in Northside. After 35 years in the field of mental health, I began painting.

In 2011, I began art classes with Diane Debevec at Essex Studios. Those classes have evolved into weekly studio time with other women artists. It has been (and continues to be) a welcomed major transition from academe.

I began painting in watercolor and recently added acrylics and pastels to my mediums. I am learning to be in the world differently… seeing differently. I observe color, light and shape and try to hold the tension between form and detail and what I see and what I feel. It is a process of looking closer and stepping back, a rhythm of observation that I try to capture in my paintings.

I find inspiration in the natural world. These images are developed from what I see around me: my garden, landscapes from travels, and walks in woods, beaches, and fields. These paintings are the outcome of taking a closer look.

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