Wiegmink, Paula

Paula Wiegmink was born in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe and migrated to Perth, Western Australia in 1994. She is now based in Dunsborough, South West Australia.

A multi award winning artist and member of Artists for Conservation for the past ten years, she has exhibited internationally and her work hangs in both corporate and private collections in more than sixteen countries.

Paula is currently involved with a global poster awareness campaign for endangered species, which was launched in London, UK.

Her painting ‘Tears of the Rhino’, the face of the endangered species poster has been signed by the likes of Dr Jane Goodall, Sir David Attendborough, Brian May, among many others in support of the campaign. 

The image of ‘Tears of the Rhino’ which is part of the television art documentary series ‘Colour In Your Life’ has been put onto a microchip as part of the Luna Codex and is scheduled to be rocketed to the Moon via Nasa Space Station to lie in perpetuity on the  south pole of the moon.

Paula’s work is currently represented by The Studio Gallery in Yallingup, depicting local birds in combination with rustic still life objects. She hopes to draw attention to the natural world by using her art as a conduit, by opening discussion and awareness of our natural surroundings.