Paul Wesly Portal is an emerging artist in St. Petersburg, Florida. His work is strongly influenced by the contemplation of a personal sense of place and purpose in the dichotomy of the Natural and Spiritual realms of existence. A childhood spent in rural Central Florida and along the Gulf Coast, a formal training in Architecture and a long career in designing built environments combine to ground his approach in themes of Classical proportioning and compositional concepts, the exploration of natural geometries and systems, and a love of the World as a living organism.