No One Likes Being Told What to Do Masks..remember when it was cool to wear a mask? The feeling of … More
Author: jparadisirn
JParadisi RN, OCN is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus in painting and writing. Her paintings and short stories have been published nationally. She has exhibited artwork in galleries throughout the Pacific Northwest. Julianna is a frequent contributor to Off The Charts, the blog of the American Journal of Nursing as a blogger and illustrator.
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
Birds, Faith and Troubled Times
Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings. … More
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 … More
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, … More
