Paula was a former designer of fine fabrics and home furnishings and employed by leading Textile Manufactures in N.Y. City; including Cannon Mills, Morgan Jones, Burlington Mills and Creative Free Lance Studios. She holds the honor of creating the original printed sheet for Cannon Mills. Educated in Fine art at Lycoming College, Pa; and in Textile Design at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, she continues to participate in workshops given by some of the finest professional artists of our day. Her main interest and concentrated effort has been to develop a traditional expression of Fine Floral and Still Life Paintings. She teaches as well as demonstrates Oil and Pastel Painting at local community art centers. She has exhibited singularly and with groups in New York as well as in the New England states. She received awards from the Pen Women (International Society) – Flushing Art League, NH Huntington Art League, NY, Suburban Art League, NY, Laconia Art League, NH, Governor Wentworth Arts Council, NH, as well as many Outdoor competitions.