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A Artist Profle

I have loved and created art since childhood. I express Art can be very personal, emotional and healing. In
my personal experiences and innermost thoughts and considering the art of healing, honesty can be both
feelings through art. Art is my life’s blood. My art refects painful and therapeutic. My doll sculptures refect intense
my moods and is my vehicle for communicating with the personal moments and memories. I believe that to be
world. Art immortalizes me. To me, empty walls in a room truly alive, creatively, I retreat to my “inner world,” where
are synonymous with empty dreams and non-fulfllment. I fnd freedom and productivity. The loss of my brother
James Baldwin, world-renowned playwright and author,
Sam Byrd has caused this evolution. The infusion of the human
Visual Artist experience and my artistic mastery result in characters
Philadelphia, PA that are thought-provoking and spiritual. If my work can
bring peace and harmony and uplift the spirit in each
individual who views it, then I have succeeded.
Paula Whaley
Doll Maker
Baltimore, MD

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