Pauline has a B.A. in Art from the University of Southern Maine and completed a 3 year apprenticeship to Master Goldsmith Philip Morton, earning a Journeyman Metalsmithing Certificate (1975). She is an Artisan member of the Society of American Silversmiths and has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. Her business, Warg Designs Inc., was established in 1975 for the design and creation of jewelry and hollowware.

Pauline has taught at the University of New Hampshire, the Manchester Institute of Art (also in New Hampshire), the Jewelry Institute in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Maine College of Art.