Paula Waterman can’t remember a time she wasn’t making art. For the past decades she has been doing just that as a full time artist working in oil painting, and most recently in bronze sculpture. Her subject matter is mostly the animals she sees in the wild and in the company of people. She has a particular interest in birds, and of dog subjects, though landscape and marine subjects are also important to her. This work is sometimes on commission, other times borne simply of a love for the subject. A common thread in all her work in all media probably is the critical importance of light source and light color; in fact she feels that light is the true subject in all her work.

Exhibitions include:

Designs From Nature  McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD (solo)
Birds in America September 20-Nov 4 2007 Francesca Anderson Fine Art Lexington, MA
Modern Marine Masters Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport multiple years until gallery closed
Paws and Reflect: Art of Canines May 2007 to March 2010 9 Museum Venues Curated by David Wagner
Edge of Water McBride Gallery Group Exhibition Annapolis, MD
Mystic International juried Exhibitions  Mystic Maritime Gallery Mystic, CT until gallery closed
Masterpieces in Miniature, The Gallery at Picture This! Sherwood Park, Alberta, CA
The Great Outdoors Carroll County Arts Council Westminster, MD
Flights of Fancy: The Avian Art of Paula waterman & Terry Miller Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germanton, MD

Art of the Animal Kingdom  Bennington Center for the Arts Bennington, VT
Black & White: Terry Miller & Paula Waterman Potomac Gallery, Leesburg, VA
Kalahari to Kilimanjaro: 4 Artists Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ

Natural Selections Exhibition John D MacArthur Beach State Park, North Palm Beach, FL
The Nature of Black & White Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum Oradell, NJ
Society of Animal Artists Art and the Animal Exhibitions

Recurring Juried Exhibitions:
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Birds in Art Exhibition 1992, 1994, 1996-2002, 2004-2013, 2015-2017, 2021
ASMA juried Members Exhibitions

 
SAA Juried Member Exhibitions

McBride Gallery Annapolis MD Autumn Celebration Exhibitions 1992-present
Troika Gallery Easton, MD Annual Anniversary Exhibitions 1992-2020
Waterfowl Festival, Easton, MD 1992-2005, 2007-2008, 2015-16
Southeastern Wildlife Exposition Charleston, SC 1996-2003

Awards
2008 Beaver Valley Kennel Club Art Exhibiton Reserve Best in Show & Best Drawing
2000 Environmental Wildlife Award, Mystic International, Mystic Maritime Gallery Mystic, CT
Award of Excellence SAA Art and the Animal  1997 Best Drawing Award, Art Show at the Dog Show Wichita, KS
1996 Award of Excellence SAA Art and the Animal at the Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX

Corporate Collections:
Inland Contract Carriers, West Bend, WI
RAC Solutions, Bethesda, MD
Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
MBNA Bank, Lincolnville, ME

Paula may be reached at: inkwellstudio@comcast.net