Paula Ray

02/29/2024

Oh my... a guy came to help me do step three... thought it was going to be two weeks off... but when help shows up.. you do it.
A very heavy piece fell on me so I will be chewing cramp bark tonight and maybe tomorrow but... it is cleared and ready for the move.

Sold my land in Hiddenite and I have to get my building up there down here which works out great because originally I was going to rent a place that was gonn...

09/23/2023

You can see the other post to watch how it changed as I did it here you can just see a better picture of the painting.

09/23/2023

Well, finally a new painting I placed it was said an old painting so you could see I was trying to get a similar kind of feel to it.

09/16/2023

I finally took a moment and did a doodle :)

03/22/2023

I think I may have gone to school with this man he he he

10/25/2022

At almost 60 years old I am rethinking my thinking. I am pretty sure this is the kiln I have. If someone has a mind to own one like this and is in my area, we might could work something out. My thinking is that as deep as this is and as having nearly falling into it in the past, that I do not need to be using this by myself. It has never been fired. I bought it in 2002 or 2003. Would love to hear any ideas some of you might have or if one of your friends might have a creative idea :)

Model – 3031HE 240 or 208 volt Inside dimensions: 42″ wide x 30″ front-to-back x 33.5” deep, fires to cone 10/2350°F Oval kilns are designed for large workloads and unusual ... Read More ›

09/12/2022

Waiting for my tires to be fixed and enjoy in the sky isn’t it wonderful to have a camera when your cloud watching? And yes I threw in a few flowers because they were just too beautiful! What a glorious day for a flat tire!

01/09/2022

This just in :) I am trying to see what I like doing with watercolor pencils. Sooooooo here is something.

07/26/2021

I’m trying to figure out how to set up a shop so I can start selling artwork on here right now I think what I would do is set it up to sell custom work by size and medium..

For example a
4 inch x 6 inch watercolor
8 inch x 10 inch oil
5 inch x 7 inch pen and ink

And I’m willing to go up to really large ones the largest thing I’ve ever painted was 20’ x 30’ and I’m wanting to make one of those again as soon as I have a place of my own to paint it so it can dry !!!!

Let me know what you think of the idea he he he that’s not an obligation to purchase in anyway. Or do you have any ideas of things you would like to see me sell?

I also make soap plain unscented lard / coconut soap. I have a special salve/lotion that I make! I have daddy’s recipe for a salve that puts hair on horse feet. 😎

I make herbal tinctures.
Soon I’ll be making freeze dried food just add water and Yum! Everything I make will have everything that’s in it so they’ll be no surprises no hidden stuff and if you want to you can ask me to do a specific brand or ingredient anyway I’m so tired of people
Putting things in our food and lotions and soaps etc. that we have no control over is why I’m starting to do this if you have a recipe of food that you love and you send it to me and want it turned into freeze dried I could make it and freeze dry that for you he he he.

I don’t know what the good Lord‘s got in store for me to make money so right now I’m gonna do everything anybody wants and see what takes off.

So let me know if there’s something you’re interested in let you know that I do 😜

07/26/2021

Hello everybody we’re one step closer to having a place where I can paint and live in peace and joy got the septic tank in today! I have a little YouTube channel right now it’s called Paula Ray hehehe I need 100 subscribers so that I can have a funny name that doesn’t use my personal name if you would subscribe I would really be very appreciative I’m just post some little videos to show people who are interested how the properties develop in coming along I don’t want comments made where people I don’t know can read and know my personal information please keep that to yourselves for example where I live or my address things like that.

05/22/2021

After 25 years... I am going HOME!!!!
Paula Ray and her not yet created artwork are going home to North Carolina! I have bought us property where I will be totally free to be me. I have always been under someone's control other than my own my whole life. On March 15, 2021 I was divorced. So, at 58 (as of July 23, 2021) I am starting over from scratch. I have to say I have been very nervous creating artwork again after the two house fires I have been thru.

The first was in 1976 which destroyed everything I had done artwork wise at that time. We lost everything. The second was in 1996. I was just finishing my AFA at Mitchell Community College. I lost my entire portfolio. Everything I had created at Mitchell. I was very scared to start again. When 2016 came and went and no house fire... I began to think about art again. I have slowly been edging more and more into the art world a bit nervous.

March 16th, 2021, I put in a bid on some land, and they accepted. I had land under contract. Guess what? It has a fire hydrant in the exact middle of it. I know it is not a promise, but it still feels promising. I am ready to try it again. You know the idea that timing is everything and so is a name. I have a home to create anything and everything at.

Being alone means, what ever I do is mine. No one gets credit for it. In the past certain people have been quick to give credit for everything I do to one of my husbands or my parents. The opposite was true anything bad that happened was automatically my fault. NOW no matter what happens, it is all on ME… GOOD OR BAD, RIGHT OR WRONG all me.

Now you get to KNOW ME. It will be like the me in high school, but slightly matured I hope ehehehe. Paula Ray will move to her property in Hiddenite N.C. as soon as I have a home to live in eheehe or sooner if I can get a safe place to camp set up there.

I know enough of the sob stories already, right? I OWN LAND!!!!! Let’s get on with the SHOW!!!!
Love yas
Paula Ray

Here is a link to my new YouTube channel. Please subscribe and like the videos you enjoy. IF I get enough people subscribed they will let me have a little money. All I need is for people to subscribe to my channel and like the videos they enjoy. I am just documenting what I am doing and how I did it here now.

I was thinking one day I’d like to have an art studio and I love this little area. It did occur to me while I was watching this video that perhaps I should ...