Fantastical Blues

Solo Show by Deborah Paulsen

Longtime artist and art instructor Deborah Paulsen will present her first Buenaventura Art Association solo exhibition Sept. 6 – Oct. 26 in Studio 99, BAA’s Ventura headquarters in Bell Arts Factory, 432 N. Ventura Ave.

Using hot beeswax and damar resin with added shellac, oil paints and pigment sticks, she creates encaustic paintings on cradled wooden panels and will display about 18 works in a show titled “Fantastical Blues.”

Paulsen will be on hand to discuss her art and the encaustic process at First Friday receptions 6 – 9 p.m. Sept. 6 and Oct. 4 and during Ventura’s annual weekend ArtWalk, noon-5 p.m. Sept. 21 and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 22. https://www.buenaventuraartassociation.org.