Art gallery exhibition in Portland, Oregon

The opening night of my exhibition at The Gallery at Cerulean with artist Ruth Shively. Be sure to follow my page for more of my art and more live videos. See more at www.pauletteinsall.com If you are near the Portland area, be sure to stop by and see the show in person. It will be on view through January 30th. There is no way to capture the full beauty of all these paintings in this type of video. They really should be viewed in person. 😘 See Ruth’s art at ruth shively fine art.

Posted by Paulette Insall on Thursday, January 4, 2018

What a lovely evening at The Gallery at Cerulean in Portland, Oregon! Be sure to watch the video above for a little peek at the opening reception for my exhibition, which is on view for the month of January. If you are in the Portland area and you'd like a personal tour of the show, email me and we can set something up.

Update: The painting pictured next to me above is now sold. 

The Gallery at Cerulean
1439 NW Marshall Street
Portland, OR 970209

Hours
Tuesday       4–10PM
Wednesday  4–10PM
Thursday      4–10PM
Friday           4–11PM
Saturday        1–11PM
Sunday           1–8PM
Monday         Closed

Shop update this week!

Abstract art in progress

I'm busy this week with taking pictures of all the new art, editing photos, and such so I won't be doing much in the way of painting this week as I need to focus all my energy on admin things.

Which means I have a bunch of new art for you! I believe I counted 17 new paintings!

Yea! 

And there's all sizes...so if you need a small painting to beautify that desk or shelf, or if you have big empty wall that needs a big dose of color.

I've got ya covered. :D

I'll be updating my online shop with all the new paintings later this week, but if you don't want to miss out,   sign up to be notified here: http://www.pauletteinsall.com/newsletter-sign-up

xoxo

A labor of love

I took most of the last year off from painting while we were renovating/selling our house and then searching/buying/moving into a new one. I had forgotten how long my varnishing process takes. It is so much more than just putting on a layer of varnish....its a slow, meticulous process...

Since I use mixed media, i.e. pastels, graphite, etc., along with acrylics, I need to make sure that the other media doesn't smear and is fully protected. So first I apply a fixative. Then once that is dry, an isolation coat., which fully seals the surface before the final varnish is applied.

Only after this all completely dry, do I apply a UV satin removable archival varnish. I use a removable varnish because this enables the varnish to be removed if the painting ever needs to cleaned for conservation purposes.

All this insures that my paintings will be around for many years....to bring beauty and joy to the lives of future generations as well as yours. 😊

Friday, in the studio...

I got back in the studio today and added a bunch more layers to this beauty....still more to go though. No more time to paint until Monday, so it will be waiting 'til then.

Have a wonderful weekend y'all and I'll see ya back here next week, ok? xo

Back to work!

The new studio wall has finally been "christened"! Yee haw!!!! 😄😄😄