Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Paula moved to Northern California in 2000. Her creative journey has always revolved around the arts—first through literature, earning an M.A. in Spanish from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature from UC Berkeley, and later through visual storytelling with an M.F.A. in Film Directing from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. (You can watch some of her films here!) She also spent many years working as a photographer, exploring the interplay of light, composition, and emotion behind the lens.

A stress-induced illness eventually led Paula back to her first love—painting—as a form of healing and self-restoration. What began as a therapeutic practice soon revealed itself as her truest form of expression. Out of this reconnection, Copper Rose Art was born, and painting became not just her vocation but her lifeline.

The name Copper Rose draws inspiration from one of Paula’s favorite Argentine authors, Roberto Arlt—the “Argentinian Dostoevsky.” In one of his novels, the character Erdosain, a failed inventor, dreams of creating a copper-plated rose: an artificial flower that would never die. For Paula, this image perfectly symbolizes the artist’s enduring dream—to make emotions, memories, and fleeting moments immortal through art.