Paula Borchardt

Welcome!

I'm a Visual Storyteller—meaning I love to combine my art and words to tell stories. I enjoy working in a serial format, with each individual work part of a series. Many of my projects reflect my observations of the passage of time, whether chronicling each day of a vacation or the weekly, monthly, seasonal, and yearly changes I see in my backyard.

New Blog and Email Newsletter

In Spring 2023 I started publishing a blog and free email newsletter via Substack. I'd love to have you subscribe to my email newsletter! Just type in your email in the box below and click/tap on Subscribe.

Current and Recent Projects/Stories

Tucson Yard Journal – I'm currently combining art and words in a comic book style to tell the story of the variety of amazing flora and fauna I enjoy each month right in my own yard.
Perpetual Journal – In Fall 2022 I started a Perpetual Journal – a multi-year art journal in which each page documents 1 week. I draw/paint something each week, leaving space on each page for adding more art that same week the next year, and the year after that, until the pages are filled.
Tucson Color Journal – Every day for a year I painted 1 color/day that represented something from nature I saw in or from my yard. My colors included everything from trees and wildflowers to animals, birds, and insects, to skies and clouds.
Sit Spot Nature Journal – In Fall 2021 I started a habit of regularly sitting in the same spot, to immerse myself in and appreciate the nature I observe in my backyard, and chronicle my observations in this journal.
New Zealand Visual Trip Journal – I combined local information and personal anecdotes with my illustrations to tell the story of my 24-day trip to beautiful, awesome New Zealand.

I hope you enjoy looking around my site, and feel free to get in touch with me! I'm also on Mastodon - so you can find me (and follow me) there as well!

~ Paula