Paula Borsetti

She Shares Her Love and Stories of Family, Friends and Nature

Paula Borsetti, paulaborsetti.com, is an extraordinary abstract artist whose richly layered paintings take viewers on impactful journeys of visual explorations and inner discoveries.  She has an enormous and proficient artistic vocabulary and uses a variety of organic and abstract elements, forms and colors to communicate her creative inspiration.

Paula’s art reflects a love of family, friends and nature. Her avid interest in painting began by working from the landscape creating a growing passion for being out in nature and learning from it. 

Her art is in numerous collections and she regularly shows locally, nationally and online. She divides her time between Massachusetts and Maine.

Banner image: Detail of “Skip, Jump, Twirl in the Moment”, acrylic on panel, 24″ x 36″

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I’ll Take My Tea In The Garden, Love, acrylic on panel, 20″ x 20″

In her work Paula seeks to capture an essence of time and place. She is interested in creating works with lots of moments and passages, leaving a few quiet spaces amidst the buzz of activity. 

Each collection starts with a narrative that gets expanded on to create images, that while deeply personal they become universal. The viewer may interpret them based on their own personal experiences and perspectives

I’ll See You In The Morning Dew, acrylic on panel, 20″ x 20″ 

Paula loves the act of painting, how movement and materials become formal elements, how thoughts and feelings weave in and out and the dance between them all.

She states: “I go to the sunrise, to the same beach, in the town I have always lived in. Tides come in, then out, leaving behind a different trace. The same place, yet never the same. This is my act of painting. I come to the studio, put out paint, begin the process, the ebb and flow. At the end of the day, the tide has receded and nothing is the same. Each mark, color and stroke is a new discovery.”

Love Song, acrylic on panel, 24″ x 24″

It is a pleasure to have chosen Paula’s painting “Love Song”, shown above, for the Manhattan Arts International 2025 “Love, Peace, Unity & Hope” exhibition. Her art has been selected for the Manhattan Arts International’s “HerStory” 2024 Invitational Exhibition.

About this painting Paula wrote “I learned so much while caring for my disabled dog, Jenny. For the last 18 months of her life she could only move in her wheelchair and I was her person. Her route to the backyard was always the same, yet for her every day was a new experience. She would stop and smell the flowers along the path. She taught me about strength, resilience, hope and unconditional love. I painted “Love Song” when we had to say goodbye.”

Come With Me, acrylic on linen, 29″ x 36″

Paula has also been curated into our juried exhibitions “The Healing Power of Elements” and The Healing Power of Color” presented on The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS website, an initiative of Manhattan Arts International. It was founded with the belief that art and artists serve as catalysts for healing individuals, society and the environment.

Purple Sage, Purple Sage, acrylic on panel, 18″ x 18″

Paula also uses her artwork to focus on healing, understanding and raising awareness of ALS. For her compassion and admirable efforts she was selected to be featured in an article on this website “How Our Artist Members Bring Positive Change to the World”.

While being an art educator for nearly three decades Paula’s creativity and her desire to nurture and learn was fed and blossomed. Paula now has a full time studio practice.  

Visit Paula Borsetti’s Website: paulaborsetti.com

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