Paul L. Nettles (born in Houma, Louisiana) is an Alexandria resident of many decades. Educated at Louisiana College, he received BA degrees in Psychology and Studio Art. He trained in oil painting and is currently a painter, photographer, and found-object sculptor. He is an enthusiastic woodworker, and many of his found-object assemblages are housed in hand-built enclosures of repurposed material. In an effort to emphasize the analog process versus the digital mass production of images, he prefers the use of pre-1970, Former Soviet Union film camera bodies and lenses. He has frequently been juried into the Alexandria Museum of Art’s September Competition, has appeared in the Tom Peyton Memorial Art Festival, and River Oaks 5x5x5 Competitions on multiple occasions. His photographic work has been used in various venues over the years, including an informational display at the Oregon Coastal Preservation Museum, the cover of a book (Crop Chemophobia), the Indiana Railroad’s annual calendar, and a Wikipedia entry (“Nurdles”). One of his photographs resides in the Alexandria Museum of Art’s (AMoA) permanent collection. He currently works at the Alexandria VAMC as a Tai Chi instructor, and has been a prior operator of the Iris M. Rayford Museum Store. He can be contacted at gentlemanrook@gmail.com to share commission requests and learn more about his artistic process.