ABOUT |
Paula Wenzl Bellacera is a contemporary painter and print maker. She works in oil, mixed media, photography, and most recently, ceramics. Ms. Bellacera received her art training at various colleges and universities in Northern California after completing a Ph.D. in experimental psychology at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Since 1990 she has been exhibiting her work domestically and internationally including: Santa Fe, Chicago, Katmandu, San Francisco, and Seattle. She has won several awards and has been published in books and magazines. She has received public art grants and been commissioned to create collections of work. Her pieces are included in the collections of Embassy Suites, the state of New Mexico, Oglivy Worldwide, Kaiser-Permanente, California Museum Resource Center, Hinsdale Hospital, First Midwest Bank, Elkay Manufacturers, Loyola University, University of California, Hewlett-Packard, and The Money Store.
Since 1990 she has been exhibiting her work domestically and internationally including: Santa Fe, Chicago, Katmandu, San Francisco, and Seattle. She has won several awards and has been published in books and magazines. She has received public art grants and been commissioned to create collections of work. Her pieces are included in the collections of Embassy Suites, the state of New Mexico, Oglivy Worldwide, Kaiser-Permanente, California Museum Resource Center, Hinsdale Hospital, First Midwest Bank, Elkay Manufacturers, Loyola University, University of California, Hewlett-Packard, and The Money Store.
“As an artist, I am aesthetically inspired by the day-to-day world in which I live. I find uncommon beauty in the most ordinary subjects, from lipstick to cactus."