Dr. Beverly Woolard Paul, PhD, MFA, RN
Dr. Paul is a practicing artist residing in Bowie, Maryland. Her narrative collages and paintings draw on the aesthetic traditions linking early African American quilts to African textiles—incorporating vertical strips, bold colors, improvisation, and symbolic forms. She frequently integrates the pear into her work as a symbol of the female form to tell stories and share history.
A native of Williamston, North Carolina, Dr. Paul earned her nursing degree from Norfolk State University. She brings a unique multidisciplinary perspective to the arts and humanities as a nurse, fine artist, and educator. Her artistic foundation was forged at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she earned a BA in studio art under the mentorship of legendary artist and art historian Dr. David C. Driskell and acclaimed printmaker Margo Humphrey. She went on to earn an MFA in studio art from Howard University and later completed her Ph.D. in Leadership with a concentration in English at the University of the Cumberlands, bridging the arts, health sciences, and humanities.
