worked for was closing , she finally felt a need to leave Vermont .
In 2009 , a blogger friend of hers asked if she knew of Dan Phillips and sent her a New York Times article , profiling the artist ’ s endeavors to create low income housing in Huntsville out of salvaged materials . She and her friend called Phillips and he invited them down and they worked with him on three houses , including the Bone House , and helped him with about 18 of the mosaics at the Sam Houston State University Lowman Student Center .
After a lengthy time quietly creating her unique works out of her downtown studio , McCullough is considering leaving metal art behind and breaching a new horizon , casually looking for her next medium of interest and “ letting life do its thing .”
Looking around , she estimates that she has about two years of materials left , with no plans to replenish . She ’ ll be whittling away at what gems she has left , selling her creations across her three Etsy shops , invigorated knowing that her next adventure is around the corner .
Her art has been a journey for her finding out who she is and how to be in life , so she ’ s not fearful of what the next step is or where life will take her , it ’ s just another piece of her own puzzle .
“ What we do is secondary to who we are and art to me has been a big way to have a relationship with myself and learn about myself ,” McCullough said .
McCullough ’ s work can be found online at https :// paulaart . com .
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