Personal success as an artist came to Paulette as a 7 year old, winning the attention of her parents with a drawing. Artistic success has continued as Paulette has exposed herself to art in different forms and mediums, making a conscious effort to work at what she loves most. She calls it art “work”.
Drawing portraits began in 5th grade when she realized she could capture a person’s likeness simply using a pencil. She believes today and teaches anyone who is interested or curious, that they can draw realistically. It’s just a matter of using the “right” side of the brain. Paulette schedules drawing in her daily routine because she knows how good it is for her. She teaches “DRAWING” because she knows how good it is for everyone.
 Paulette’s education includes an associates degree in art from Southern Illinois University and a bachelor of arts from Southwestern Louisiana University. She also attended the Beaux Artes in Paris, France, the Academy of Fine Art in Chicago and UNO. She is proud to note she was a student of Dr. Betty Edwards at Harvard University’s Killer Course “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” in 1988.
Numerous art jobs, including Daily Newspaper Cartoonist in Illinois, Assistant Art Director of Channel 26 in Chicago and Medical Illustrator for the VA Hospital, LSU and Tulane Medical School and Ochsner Foundation preceded her teaching career. Paulette retired from the University of New Orleans Metropolitan College after teaching “Right-Brain Drawing” for 15 years. She continues teaching this method privately, semi-privately, in group workshops in and out of the state of Louisiana and local grammar school mandatory programs.
Paulette has always divided her time between teaching and commission/personal artwork. She is a licensed French Quarter Artist, but prefers to work indoors at her studio, coffee houses or festivals. She has drawn portraits at 4 international festivals in France and Belgium, representing Louisiana since 1994. Up and down the Mississippi river, Paulette has presented drawing classes and done portraits on board the Delta and Mississippi Queen paddle-steamboats since 2000. More recently Paulette has taught drawing on board Royal Caribbean’s “Grandeur of the Seas” and watercolor on board Holland America’s 5-star luxury liner “Zaandam” from SanDiego to Hawaii. Her watercolor painting decorates the Commander’s Palace under-plate and her annual portraits of Zurich Classic Champions decorate Fore!Kids Foundation's walls. |
