Paula Menchen

Visual Artist

Still Life

Reminds us of Life’s hidden and temporary beauty especially with inanimate objects such as flowers. Using these objects as the basis for experimentation with shape, color, lighting and composition.

Large bouquet

18¨x 15¨, 2020

Mixed Media


Combing the tactility of Japanese Washi Paper and hand dyed tecniques with oil painting I collage these mediums together to create fresh floral Still Life’s.

Still Life Tropical Flowers

32¨x 32¨, 2020

Oil and Collage on canvas


Cut, dyed and printed papers are combined in this composition using a pieces of the print Washi Wildflower created at 3331 Tokyo residency.


Still Life Wild Flowers

24¨x 40¨,  2020

Mixed Media


Capturing an energy and quality of paint I collage printed fragments and hand dyed orizome papers to create blossoms and wild flowers.

Still Life Flowers in a Glass Vase

40¨x 40¨, 2020

Oil Collage, Orizome Printed papers on canvas.


Combining encaustic paint with orizome paper to create a romantic still life.

Pedals Fall

40¨x 40¨, 2020

Oil Collage, Orizome Printed papers on canvas


Handpainted and dyed papers are collaged with fragments and hand drawn elements demonstrating the impermanence of beauty as pedals fall.



Material Record Yellow and Blue

36¨x 36¨, 2022

Mixed Media


Fine lines and livers are cut from the silkscreen print “Material Record Yellow and Blue “ created at AGA Lab Amsterdam.     

SELECTED WORKS

Click here for examples of my Prints, Mixed Media Paintings and Installations.

Any thoughts or comments, would love to hear from you.

paulamenchen@gmail.com

EXPERIMENTAL LANDSCAPES

MIXED MEDIA

INSTALLATIONS

PRINTS