Pauline received her Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, as well as completing two years of the Architecture Program, at Montana State University. 

In 2000, while running a woodworking business and sculpting, she began exploring the potential of the Etch A Sketch® as a tool of artistic expression.  In 2004 she moved to Los Angeles and worked in the Art Department on feature films and shorts.  In 2005, The Ohio Art Company recognized Pauline as one of their official artists.  She had her first solo show in 2007 at Janssen Art space in Palm Springs and her work has been represented in a number of galleries and stores in and around Los Angeles.  She was a contributor to the Whitefish Review, vol. 3 issue 1 and she is the featured artist in the OhioArt.com Etch A Sketch® Hall of fame.

She currently lives and works in Kalispell, Montana with her husband and two children. You can view her work at Loula’s in Whitefish.