Paula Valenzuela Art

Paula Valenzuela Art Hola! I am a mixed media abstract artist and former psychotherapist in Sausalito, CA. My artwork explores the connection of darkness and light within us.

Like therapy–making the unconscious conscious.

I keep looking at this painting and seeing different things.Sometimes it feels like I’m looking inside a body. Other tim...
09/02/2026

I keep looking at this painting and seeing different things.

Sometimes it feels like I’m looking inside a body. Other times I see roots, plants, caves, something growing or tangled underground. I didn’t plan any of that. It just started to appear as I followed the shapes.

I think that’s what I like most about this one. I don’t really know what it is, and I don’t need to.

It feels alive, a little strange, and different from what I’ve been doing.

And I want to leave it that way.

📍What do you see in it?

Ecology of Holding
Mixed media on canvas
2026

📍 NEW💥 This painting began with movement—fluid, organic shapes, one responding to the next. I tried not to control where...
08/25/2026

📍 NEW💥 This painting began with movement—fluid, organic shapes, one responding to the next. I tried not to control where it was going, but to follow the forms as they appeared.

As it evolved, I started seeing something between an inner landscape and a living ecosystem: roots, membranes, bodies, networks. Forms holding other forms, touching, overlapping, depending on one another.

I’ve been thinking about holding for a long time, what we hold, what holds us. Here, it feels less like containment and more like interdependence.

Nothing exists entirely on its own.

“Ecology of Holding”
Mixed media on canvas
63” x 55”
2026

☺️ Happy to share that “Holding Light” has been selected for the annual Women Making Their Mark exhibition at O'Hanlon C...
08/16/2026

☺️ Happy to share that “Holding Light” has been selected for the annual Women Making Their Mark exhibition at O'Hanlon Center for the Arts and curated by Donna Seager ✨

This piece is part of my exploration of Container and Contained—what we hold, what we let in, and what moves through us. Light became a way of thinking about those things we experience but can never really hold: time, emotion, change.

I’m very happy to see this work become part of a show celebrating the work of women artists.

“Holding Light”
Mixed media on canvas
36” × 60”

Available through O'Hanlon Center for the Arts on Mill Valley, CA

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08/13/2026

Un poco del proceso de Pathways.

Esta pintura cambió mucho mientras la hacía. Fui probando diferentes técnicas, trabajando con capas, gestos, líneas y formas que aparecían, se cubrían y volvían a surgir.

Me interesaba que la obra invitara a mirar más detenidamente, a acercarse y descubrir lo que hay detrás de una primera mirada.

Como muchas veces en mi proceso, no sabía exactamente hacia dónde iba. Fui siguiendo lo que aparecía y dejando que la obra encontrara su propio camino.

“Pathways”, se puede ver actualmente en la exposición Desbordes de artco.uy en Arocena Mall en Montevideo hasta el Viernes 14 de Agosto.

🏷️ Pintura abstracta, técnica mixta, proceso creativo, pintura intuitiva, arte contemporáneo, abstracción contemporánea, artista chilena, arte en Montevideo, arte en Uruguay.

🎨 “Pathways” nace de mi interés por los mundos interiores y por aquello que existe debajo de la superficie, entre lo vis...
08/08/2026

🎨 “Pathways” nace de mi interés por los mundos interiores y por aquello que existe debajo de la superficie, entre lo visible y lo oculto.

Construida a través de múltiples capas, la obra combina pintura, gestos, líneas y pequeñas formas geométricas que aparecen, desaparecen y se conectan, creando una especie de cartografía imaginaria. Caminos que se cruzan y se transforman, sin un destino necesariamente definido.

Me interesa ese espacio entre la realidad y el mundo interior, donde memoria, emociones y experiencias se van acumulando y dejando huellas. La pintura se convierte en un territorio para explorar lo que emerge, lo que permanece oculto y las distintas rutas que vamos tomando.

“Pathways” es parte de DESBORDES, la nueva muestra de artco.uy , que se puede visitar en Arocena Mall en Montevideo.

💥“Pathways, 2019
Técnica mixta sobre tela
104 x 78 cms
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Pathways grew out of my interest in inner worlds and in what lies beneath the surface, between the visible and the hidden.

Built through multiple layers, the work combines paint, gestures, lines, and small geometric forms that appear, disappear, and connect, creating a kind of imaginary cartography. Paths intersect and transform without necessarily leading to a defined destination.

I’m interested in that space between reality and the inner world, where memories, emotions, and experiences accumulate and leave traces. Painting becomes a territory for exploring what emerges, what remains hidden, and the different paths we take.

Muy contenta de ser parte de DESBORDE | Arte Contemporáneo, de artco.uy , una exposición colectiva que reúne a artistas ...
08/04/2026

Muy contenta de ser parte de DESBORDE | Arte Contemporáneo, de artco.uy , una exposición colectiva que reúne a artistas de distintas generaciones y trayectorias, en un espacio para descubrir y dialogar con el arte contemporáneo uruguayo.
Gracias a veroparrado y Elaiza Pozzi 📷 por la invitación.

Inauguración
📍 Arocena Mall, Montevideo
🗓️ Miércoles 5 de agosto
🕟 16:30 a 20:30 h

La muestra también podrá visitarse el 6 y 7 de agosto, de 11:00 a 20:00 h.

Si están en Montevideo, me encantará verlos por ahí.

One week left to see this collection of paintings at Arielle Madilian in Sausalito.It’s been a wonderful summer as Artis...
07/30/2026

One week left to see this collection of paintings at Arielle Madilian in Sausalito.

It’s been a wonderful summer as Artist in Residence, sharing my work in such a thoughtfully curated space by Arielle Madilian. You can also check it out online at Arielle Madilian

⛵️If you’re in the Bay Area, I hope you’ll stop by before the exhibition comes to a close.

Sausalito art • Marin County art • Bay Area contemporary art • Mixed media painting • Original artwork • Contemporary art collectors • California abstract artist • Art for interiors

07/22/2026

For the past months, I’ve been making a small drawing almost every day.

Not with a specific goal in mind, but as a way of listening, staying in motion, and letting ideas emerge without forcing them.

These drawings have become a quiet practice. They keep the creative flow going and are slowly shaping a larger project that’s beginning to take form.

Sometimes the smallest gestures lead to the biggest changes.

Do you have a small daily practice that helps you stay connected to your work?
🏷️intuitive drawing, daily drawing practice, contemporary abstract art, mixed media painting, creative process, artist studio, mark making, organic abstraction, visual journal, contemporary painter, abstract artist.

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Sausalito, CA
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