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The Promenade, 162 Hurstmere Rd, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand Ph: +64 9 4456665 Cell: +64 021 577078 Email: art@artbythesea.co.nz |
Paul Hooker
New Zealand portrait and figurative artist
| Paul has been tutoring part-time at the Whitecliff College of Art in Auckland for the last eighteen years while working on portraiture, commercial and personal work. He has had an extensive career in illustration working in several of the top Auckland advertising agencies in the seventies and early eighties. He has completed a variety of significant private commissions including all of the America's Cup Skippers. His portraits have been regularly featured in the New Zealand Portrait Awards (recently renamed the Adam Portaiture Awards) and in 2004 he was commissioned to design and illustrate six stamps and two first day cover motifs for the Christmas Stamps for NZ Post. Paul is a passionate about painting the portrait incorporating a loose and free style as he attempts to capture the essence of a particularly striking pose. He teaches life drawing and figure studies and this allows him the ability to constantly perfect his own technique. Paul likes to discover the inherent strength that can be found in individual portrait studies by quietly observing interesting face studies. He paints intuitively with a degree of perception and only uses photographs as a reference tool. The work evolves on the canvas as he applys the paint allowing him to discover more about his perception of the subject. Character imperfections appeal to him and a general feeling is evident in his work that the subject has experienced life in a particular way. Paul's works are collected both nationally and internationally and he has been influenced by the American artist Alex Kanevsky (scroll down for latest work) |
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New 2023 Steampunk White 1 Oil on Canvas 122cm x 91cm Price: $7000 ENQUIRE NOW Sold |
New 2024 Peacock in the Garden Oil on Canvas 122cm x 92cm Price: $POA ENQUIRE NOW |
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New 2023 Beachcomers Oil on Canvas 101cm x 101cm Price: $5500 ENQUIRE NOW |
New Dec 2020 Cirque - Striped Sleeves Oil on Canvas 76cm x 76cm Price: $5000 ENQUIRE NOW |
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New 2023 Joie de Vivre Oil on Canvas 76cm x 76cm ENQUIRE NOW |
New 2022 Steampunk - playing with Time
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New 2020 Doors to the Future Oil on Canvas 101cm x 101cm price: $7000 ENQUIRE NOW Sold |
New 2020 Dance of Time Oil on Canvas 101cm x 76cm Price: $6500 ENQUIRE NOW Sold |
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Wildflowers
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Steampunk White Oil on Canvas Size: 101cm x 101cm Price: $6000 ENQUIRE NOW Sold |
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| New Nov 2021 Afternoon Sun Oil on Canvas 51cm x 61cm ENQUIRE NOW |
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Cirque Midnight Oil on Canvas 91cm x 76cm Price: $4200 ENQUIRE NOW |
Colour from Darkness Oil on Canvas 61cm x 76cm Price: $3000 ENQUIRE NOW Sold |
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Italian Memories Oil on Canvas 61cm x 40cm ENQUIRE NOW Sold |
Approaching Rain Oil on Canvas 122cm x 91cm $5500 Now $4800 ENQUIRE NOW
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New Blue Dancer Oil on Canvas 45cm x 40cm ENQUIRE NOW |
Boy racer Oil on Canvas 50cm x 76cm ENQUIRE NOW Sold
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Cirque Oil on Canvas 91cm x 76cm $5000 ENQUIRE NOW Sold |
New 2020 Cirque Scarlett Oil on Canvas 76cm x 76cm $4500 ENQUIRE NOW |
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Showgirl Oil on Canvas 71cm x 56cm ENQUIRE NOW Sold
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Cirque Deux Oil on Canvas 76cm x 61cm $5000 ENQUIRE NOW Sold
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Quinton Starting Over Oil on Canvas 61cm x 76cm ENQUIRE NOW |
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Orchids Oil on Canvas |
Cherish the Land Acrylic on Canvas Size:122cm x 91cm $NZ4500 ENQUIRE NOW Sold |
Green Nude Oil on Canvas |
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The Promenade, 162 Hurstmere Rd, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand Ph: +64 9 4456665 Cell: +64 021 577078 Email: art@artbythesea.co.nz |