Beth Pauvlinch was born and raised in a small town near Pittsburgh, where she developed a passion for poetry and visual arts from a young age. She started her career at a national engineering firm, quickly rising to an executive position. This led her to founding her own national litigation consulting company. While highly successful, the demanding work took a toll. She scaled back to focus on her artistic pursuits, such as photography, painting and spray painting. Her "Child's Play" collection exploring children's perspectives of 9/11 was exhibited at a Florida museum. She remains ambitious and motivated to take on new challenges.

1. Beth Pauvlinch
6673 10th Avenue North - St. Petersburg, FL 33710
727.432.8856 - BethPauvlinch@yahoo.com
Biography
I was born and raised in a small town about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh, PA. I began my
creative journey dating back to the age of twelve with poetry. I took every art class I could,
only to walk away with an altered idea from what we had learned in class. I won poetry and
visual arts awards all through junior high, high school and into my adult life, and am a
published poet and photographer. I could not wait for an opportunity to move away and
begin my life. I always knew there was nothing there for me because I dreamed…and I
dreamed it big! I felt I had nothing to fear in the future.
I joined a national engineering and consulting firm. The work was fascinating. I had national
accounts that required my presence all over the country. In a very short time, I worked my
way to the top executive position. Ultimately, and with my employer’s blessing and support,
this led to forming my own national consulting company, Complex Litigation Specialists, Inc.
I was highly respected in my field, so much so that my company’s expertise was constantly
requested, along with my personal involvement. My company handled all aspects from
setting up temporary offices to house 30+ lawyers and clients, hiring local vendors to perform
voluminous tasks, complete organization of paper and electronic files for all phases of the
litigation (i.e., document reviews, productions, trials) to dismantling offices and storing or
shredding case files. My position required problem-solving skills and advanced
organizational abilities.
One night as I reflected upon my schedule…50 lawyers, 20 temps, three clients (all asking a
million questions), less than three hours sleep a night for the last two weeks, 18 hour
workdays, completely unrealistic production deadlines and all of the responsibility in my lap
(which I always delivered), I realized I needed some creative balance in my life.
All along, I had been an artist – photography, painting, inventing, writing, and I had
suppressed much of that to meet the demands of my extremely successful, but demanding,
company. I worked at scaling back my business time and increasing my work as an artist.
This led to a bit of a sabbatical. I researched some product ideas that I would like to patent
and bring to market. I also took more leisure trips and more photos, thus expanding my
photography collection, which I began making a profit on in 2005.
On a trip to Australia, I became enthralled by a spray paint artist on the street. When I
returned to the States, I began spray painting on canvas. Traumatized by the events of
September 11th, I sought a release. I wondered what the children must think and feel about
these events and created a collection of art, entitled “Child’s Play”, that was my interpretation
of a child’s perspective of the events. This collection was accepted for exhibition at The
Florida International Museum on the one-year anniversary of the tragedy.
I am very ambitious, motivated and an organized dreamer. I welcome any challenge that
might come my way.