VICKY PAUL
Bespoke contemporary portrait commissions and abstract paintings exploring identity, presence and personal narrative.
Artist in Residence at Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel, Edinburgh. Work exhibited and sold through Sotheby's Distillers One of One auction. Paintings held in private collections and commercial spaces.
Selected Commissions and Collaborations
From private collectors and luxury hospitality environments to charitable and cultural organisations, Vicky Paul's work is commissioned by those seeking art that creates connection, atmosphere and lasting impact.
Recent projects include her Artist Residency at Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel, Edinburgh, and Elementum, commissioned for The Borders Distillery and exhibited and sold through Sotheby's Distillers One of One auction.
Her paintings are held in private collections across the UK, USA, Canada, Dubai and Japan.
Soul Energy Portraits
Soul Energy Portraits are bespoke contemporary portrait commissions that explore identity, presence and personal narrative through abstract painting.
Each work is created as a response to the individual - not in likeness, but in essence - resulting in a one-of-a-kind artwork that reflects how a person feels, evolves and relates to a specific moment in their life.
Developed through a layered studio process, each commission unfolds intuitively over time, allowing the final work to emerge rather than be pre-determined.
The result is a unique painting that carries presence, depth and emotional resonance, designed to live within private interiors, collections and curated hospitality spaces.
For those seeking a portrait that reflects identity, not appearance.
Featured Works
A selection of recent work exploring identity, presence and emotional atmosphere through layered abstraction.
Vicky Paul’s paintings move between structure and spontaneity, building depth through colour, gesture and texture. Each work holds its own rhythm - shaped by process, created through instinct - resulting in pieces that invite reflection and inward connection.
These works are held in private collections internationally and continue to evolve through exhibition, commission and collaboration.
Where Energy Resets
Artwork exploring a different rhythm of energy, connection and change.
Vicky Paul’s work moves between worlds - light and shadow, chaos and stillness, the seen and the sensed. Led by intuition rather than structure, her practice explores shifting energies, connection and transformation.
Every mark and colour emerges spontaneously, surrendering to the immediacy of the moment, to make the unseen seen. The resulting works feel alive: less concerned with depiction than with what quietly shifts when you’re standing in front of them.
About Vicky Paul
Vicky Paul is a contemporary artist whose practice explores identity, presence and emotional narrative through layered abstract painting.
Working from her Edinburgh studio, she creates bespoke portrait commissions and abstract work for private clients, collectors and curated interior spaces.
Before becoming a full-time artist, Vicky built a career as an award-winning radio presenter and producer, and later founded an arts PR consultancy working across the classical music and wider cultural sector. Her background in storytelling, communication and audience perception continues to inform her artistic practice today.
Broadcaster → PR → Artist
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