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Born 1963. | In 1984 Paula Rothermel was awarded a 'special entrance' to the prestigious Slade School of Art in London. From there she accepted various commissions, namely for Whitbread's, Belize Natural Resources, Cacharel and Luis Vuiton. In 1987 Paula was commissioned by the Royal Signals to portray the Princess Royal in her capacity as Colonel-in-Chief: prior to this she completed several other commissions for the Royal Signals. During her Slade years, Paula received a scholarship to study overseas, spending one year in the ex-USSR, during which time she was evacuated from the nuclear accident at Chernobyl. This period was followed by three months in Nepal making a solo expedition through the Himalayas, traversing the country from east to west. Upon leaving the Slade in 1988, Paula moved to Spain where she resided for seven years before heading for South and Central America. Whilst in Spain Paula exhibited widely in both solo and joint exhibitions throughout Spain and the UK and her works now hang in a number of public collections. Several major Spanish banks, such as Sa Nostra and Banca March have purchased her works. In 1991 she suffered a devastating New Year's Eve theft of her 14 works from a London agent. In August 1992 Paula's works were exhibited, to considerable acclaim, in an individual show at the Bruton Street Gallery in London's West End. Her work has also been featured in the Sunday Times colour supplement. From 1996 Paula worked from her studio in the beautiful Pennine village of Delph in Saddleworth whilst completing a PhD at the University of Durham. During this latter period Paula raised four children before facing widowhood in 2007. Paula now divides her time between England and Switzerland. A new exhibition is planned for 2010. |
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