Paula Bullwinkel is a narrative and figurative painter. Her female characters and beast-familiars are often in a doppelgänger tableau, suggesting a unsettling and boisterous multiverse. She has exhibited widely, including Portland, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Oakland, and Switzerland.  Born in Northern California, she spent her childhood making miniature animals and figures in her mom’s ceramic studio, reading classic fairytales, and playing for hours in the woods with imaginary characters. After earning a B.A. in English literature at UC Berkeley, Bullwinkel spent 18 years in New York City and London as an editorial fashion and portrait photographer. The last 17 years she paints and lives in the Pacific Northwest.