No One Likes Being Told What to Do Masks..remember when it was cool to wear a mask? The feeling of…
After The Smoke Clears: Re-Acquainting with an Old Friend
Yesterday was the first of of nine that our air quality in Portland, Oregon fell from “hazardous” to “good,” and…
The Resilience of Tiny Things: Raising Young Children in The Pandemic
Our hazardous air quality in Oregon keeps me from nature journaling outdoors. Instead, I make ink and watercolor paintings in…
Learning: The Best Thing for Sadness, Part II
Previously, I wrote about learning as a tool for managing the sadness accompanying home isolation and the losses…
Overlaid: New Members Show at Gallery 114, About My Resin Paintings
Why I made these paintings: Last year I became enchanted with the mist and low clouds shrouding the forests…
Julianna Paradisi Paintings in New Member Show at Gallery 114 During September
I’m excited to participate in Overlaid: New Members Show during the month of September at Gallery 114, in Portland, Oregon. Here’s…
Show Time: Getting New Work Prepped for September Art Show at Gallery 114
Showtime: Wrapping up a collection of paintings at my studio for delivery and installation at Gallery 114 for the…
Birds, Faith and Troubled Times
Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings.…
Image of Oregon’s Wy’East/Mt Hood
Wy’East, the 500,000 year old sleeping volcano mountain, projecting 11, 249 feet into the sky, is the commanding personality of…
From Cradle to Grave: The Color White Revisited
In 2010, I exhibited a series of paintings titled: From Cradle to Grave: The Color White, at the since shuttered Anka Gallery,…
