Paula Montgomery

Lively, effervescent color rhythmically pulsates through the paintings of American artist Paula Montgomery. Beginning each composition with a particular hue or design, Paula then lets her materials and concept guide her intuitive process to produce unique, textured canvases. Primarily focusing on...

Lively, effervescent color rhythmically pulsates through the paintings of American artist Paula Montgomery. Beginning each composition with a particular hue or design, Paula then lets her materials and concept guide her intuitive process to produce unique, textured canvases. Primarily focusing on flora as a subject, Paula transforms everyday flowers into painterly visual poems. Utilizing either a lithe, expressionistic brushstroke, a purposeful palette knife, or a folded piece of paper, she boldly applies paints and paper with a flourish. Paula embraces mixed media techniques and materials in order to accumulate the abstract quality of her works. Thus the paintings hover gracefully between abstraction and representation. Elegant and independent, Paula's paintings exude a sense of peace and joy. "If my work can bring a moment of happiness to the viewer, then I feel I've accomplished something worthwhile," Paula explains. "I am always looking for that inner expression to make its presence felt in my work." Paula Montgomery lives and works in Pinehurst, North Carolina USA.