Biography: PAULA DEGREGORIO

 

As a young child, I was considered a coloring book master. No picture was too complicated to experiment with outlining, squiggles, shadows and plenty of blue. When old enough to travel on my own, my time was spent in the Boston Museum whose rotunda was lined with Monet’s beautiful landscapes and coffee clubs that played experimental music.

 Attending the University of Massachusetts as a BFA painting/sculpture major, the majority of my professors were ‘Abstract Expressionists’ who discouraged realism and technique and stressed emotions. Meanwhile, I and several other students ran the Student Union Art Gallery which presented cutting edge NYC artists.

Moving to NYC after a stint in the Virgin Islands, my first job there was with a handbag designer.  I later received a second degree in Architectural Technology that let me still use my creative skills during my working career in NYC.

Since moving to Michigan in 2010, I have exhibited at Petri Gallery, Art on the Town, Ludington Art Center and many Pop Up exhibits. I am now painting landscapes, waterscapes and still lifes in oils and watercolor and creating still life collages. Many of my paintings are in private collections.

Besides painting, my time this past two years has been spent designing, project managing and now landscaping a neo mid-century modern home filled with art from around the world.