Paula Novak

Paula Novak is an acclaimed contemporary photorealism artist, specialising in portraits and surrealism. Her contemporary paintings have drawn praise from famous people such as Richard Taylor, and include famous portraits such as Peter Jackson.

Paula Novak lives in a world of artistic possibilities, swirling colours and ethereal images, which she delights to capture on canvas. From early childhood this resident New Zealand artist became lost in the flow of the paintbrush as she captured the lines and character of friends, or conjured images from her rich imagination.

Her reputation has spread across the country through gallery exhibitions and word of mouth and her paintings have found their way into private collections around the world. Paula Novak has one of those rare gifts in art, the ability to paint photo-realistically and to capture the curves and proportions of the human body and face in every life-like nuance. “For me a great portrait is more than simply painting a lifelike image. It has to include of the depth of the spirit and soul, the very heart of a person, to make it truly live.”