Visual Art
Dresses As Journals
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Artist Statement For Dresses with Journals Series
I love working in this format as an artist and story teller blending visual art and writing. Some of my images and stories are personal some are universal on the iconic girls childhood dress.The childhood dress for me is an important symbol, we were told this made us girls.
This is what was the norm and accepted in school and church even in the cold northern New York winters.
My first Journal dress was created in the 1990's and won honorable mention in several galleries in New York and Chicago on tour. I started to create the dresses once again in 2010 and took a long break from them. Then in 2020 I created many of them. The last few years I have continued to design the dresses with a great deal of information, stories, images, drawings and more. In 2025-2026 I will continue to build
the dresses and exhibit them.
These current Dresses have visited these galleries in 2024, 2025 and 2026=
Grounded Gallery Gulfport Florida 2024
Arts District St Pete FL -Clay Co-op 2024
Art District St Pete FL - Artworks Gallery 2024
Ava Gallery and Art Center Gallery- Lebanon NH 2025
I love working in this format as an artist and story teller blending visual art and writing. Some of my images and stories are personal some are universal on the iconic girls childhood dress.The childhood dress for me is an important symbol, we were told this made us girls.
This is what was the norm and accepted in school and church even in the cold northern New York winters.
My first Journal dress was created in the 1990's and won honorable mention in several galleries in New York and Chicago on tour. I started to create the dresses once again in 2010 and took a long break from them. Then in 2020 I created many of them. The last few years I have continued to design the dresses with a great deal of information, stories, images, drawings and more. In 2025-2026 I will continue to build
the dresses and exhibit them.
These current Dresses have visited these galleries in 2024, 2025 and 2026=
Grounded Gallery Gulfport Florida 2024
Arts District St Pete FL -Clay Co-op 2024
Art District St Pete FL - Artworks Gallery 2024
Ava Gallery and Art Center Gallery- Lebanon NH 2025
Ceramic Art
Mixed Media Art
Exhibit videos
Books by Paula Allen on Amazon.com
Paula's art in books by other authors:
https://www.amazon.com/Out-Catskills-Just-Beyond-Literary/dp/0964684462
https://www.amazon.com/100-Southern-Artists-Ashley-Rooney
https://www.amazon.com/Artists-Homes-Studios-Ashley-Rooney