Shoreline, Remembered

Written By Paula Kirsch, Abstract Artist

The Moment Something Shifted High-flow acrylic and acrylic ink on Yupo · 2026 · 24 × 30"Limited edition giclée print, edition of 10 · Signed and numbered by the artistThis was when something shifted. I dampened the Yupo paper first, mixed high-flow acrylic with just a bit of water, and reached for Phthalo Turquoise, a drop of Indigo, and Metallic Gold acrylic ink. Still using the straw, still blowing — but this time the paint flowed. This was the feeling I had been after from the beginning. Looking at it, I could see water and an island, and the water looked so appealing I thought I'd like to sail on it.

Paula Kirsch, Abstract Artist

Paula Kirsch is a Connecticut-based abstract artist whose work begins, always, with water. Using acrylics and inks on canvas, Yupo paper, and wood panel, she draws from a life spent near lakes and now the Long Island Sound— their depth, their stillness, their constant quiet movement. Her paintings hold something of that.

https://www.paulakirsch-art.com
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