Paula B. Slater, Fine Art Sculptor

Biography

Paula Slater Sculpture, Style and Clients

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All celebrated sculptors have their own distinctive style -- each sculptural piece providing a unique view into the artist's soul.

Slater's bronze sculptures have been featured in numerous national magazines including, Sculpture Journal, Art & Antiques Magazine, California Home & Design, Gentry, Garden Design Magazine, Luxury Pools and Spas, Art Business News, and Art World News.

In 1997 Paula was commissioned to sculpt highly detailed models for the "Lost in Space" movie which premiered in April of 1998.  And in 1999 she received a major commission for the Atlantis Luxury Hotel and Casino in the Bahamas. Her monumental and exquisitely detailed sea life relief sculptures were cast as massive 20 foot tall, 1 foot thick bronze doors (for photo click bronzedoor) for the entrance to The Atlantis.

In 2000 Slater sculpted two life size full-figure bronzes with a theme based on the name of  the mansion being built, 'Life is a Journey'.  The sculptures of a grandfather watching as a little bird takes flight from his grandson's fingertips was so lifelike that many of the guests at the grand opening celebration commented that they kept thinking the bronze figures were real people. 

Among other prestigious portrait sculptures she has completed, Slater has had the honor of sculpting a one and a half times life size bust of the late Senator Alan Cranston.   Once molded and cast in bronze, the Alan Cranston Bust will be prominently displayed in  the  State Capitol of California, Sacramento.

Renown for her talent as a portrait sculptor, Slater was chosen to sculpt the life size full-figure portrait bronze of George Bergeron, past Chairman of the Multiple Sclerosis Society in Windsor, Canada.  Mr. Bergeron developed MS when he was 34 years of age.  He was an inspiration to many and a great proponent of staying mobile and active.  Slater sculpted the portrait of George seated on his motorized scooter.  The finished bronze was installed June 19th, 2004 in the George Bergeron Healing Garden created in Windsor, Canada.

In 2004 and 2005, Slater was commissioned to sculpt a large corporate logo for Orange Coast Title Company (for photos click Bronze Orange).  She also received a commission to sculpt two life size full figure portrait bronzes of a mother and her adorable little two year old child which was installed in a private garden in North Carolina.

Ms. Slater recently completed a life size portrait bust of Congressman Bill Thomas which was installed in 2006 in the new William B. Thomas Airport Terminal in Bakersfield, California. 

Additional sculptural commissions awarded to Paula include the life size full-figure portrait sculpture of philanthropist and WWII Air Force Pilot Captain, Link Piazzo.  The highly detailed and historically accurate bronze portrait was installed in 2006 at the Humane Society Museum in Reno, Nevada.   She also recently sculpted the life size portrait bust of Albert Hale Atwood, Co-founder and Executive Vice President of the Southern California Contractors Association.

In 2006 Paula completed a life size full figure Risen Christ with an overall height of 6'3".  The finished bronze entitled "Come Unto Me" was installed on September 22, 2006 at the entrance of the beautiful Memorial Prayer Gardens of the First Baptist Church of Orlando, a 12,000 member church in Florida.   Paula Slater was presented to the congregation and honored in two televised church services for the creation of this magnificent and inspired bronze sculpture.

Ms. Slater recently completed a life size full-figure sculpture of a miner for the Port Huron Mining Memorial to honor the 22 men who perished in a tragic Michigan mine explosion.  The sculpture was cast in bronze and on August 30th, 2007 it was installed on an inscribed four foot high granite base in a park created for the memorial in Port Huron, Michigan (click these links thetimesherald ,  timesherald.com, FT. GRATIOT TWP.: TUNNEL TRIBUTE,: Bronze honors 22 men who died in explosion*, and  Article to view the Detroit Free Press Newspaper articles and the Times Herald articles about this memorial and photographs of Paula's sculpture). 

Paula just finished sculpting a life size portrait bust of Elmer Hemphill for the Hemphill Corporation.  The bronze bust celebrated the anniversary of Mr. Hemphill's fifty years in business and was installed at the Hemphill Corporate Headquarters in September of 2007. 

Ms. Slater also just finished sculpting a life size portrait bust of distinguished Congressman Ruben Hinojosa.  The bronze bust if for installation at the University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg, Texas.  Click on the following link (HESTEC) to view a video of the speech given by the United States Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi at HESTEC followed by Paula's unveiling of the Congressman Hinojosa portrait bust.

Ms. Slater has been commissioned to sculpt "The Man and Woman of the Century" for the City of Huntington Park, California.  The two life size bronze portrait busts will be of Marilyn Boyette and Frank G. Bonnelli.  Paula has also been commissioned to sculpt a Veterans Memorial for Grandview Cemetery at Altoona, Pennsylvania.  Her inspiring design, "The Ascent of Heroism", is an impressive bronze sculptural design which will include seven figures from seven different American fought wars swept up in a swirl of feathers and wings.

Ms. Slater was just awarded a commission to sculpt a one and half times life size full-figure portrait of President Abraham Lincoln by the Lincoln Bicentennial Committee.  The ten high tall bronze will be installed upon an over six foot high solid granite base in a lovely site plan designed by Brad Bourgoyne.  It will be installed in front of the new Washington County Judicial Center in Springfield, Kentucky.  The unveiling and dedication will take place on Lincoln's 200th birthday on February 12th, 2009.  (Press Release at  http://artscouncil.ky.gov/enews/pr_062608.htm

Ms. Slater was recently awarded a commission by St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis to sculpt three life size full-figure bronzes (funding for this project is still in progress).  Paula named her sculptural design for this meaningful project "The Healing Spirit" and when it is completed in bronze it will be installed at the main entrance to the hospital. 

Ms. Slater was named as one of the top five finalists for the Young Lincoln Memorial in Hodgenville, Kentucky (for more information please click YoungLincolnProject.htm) and as one of the top three finalists for the half million dollar Toledo Ohio Fire Fighters Memorial (click link for the front page article about Ms. Slater and the other two finalists www.toledoblade.com -- Final 3 chosen for memorial to Toledo firefighters; designs being unveiled today and another article at www.toledoblade.com.  To see photographs of the clay model and site-plan proposal please click Firefighter Memorial.htm).  Paula has also just been named as a finalist for the Steven Stayner Missing Children's Memorial.

Paula Slater majored in fine art at California State University Fullerton, receiving a Bachelor of Arts Degree.  She earned a Master of Arts Degree from John F. Kennedy University.  Ms. Slater is a member of the National Sculpture Society, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, and The Portrait Society of America.