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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. He is particularly adept at portraying urban Maori. 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) |
Cirque Midnight Oil on Canvas 91cm x 76cm ENQUIRE NOW |
Two Worlds Oil on Canvas 89cm x 59cm ENQUIRE NOW |
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Boy racer Oil on Canvas 50cm x 76cm ENQUIRE NOW |
Colour from Darkness Oil on Canvas 61cm x 76cm ENQUIRE NOW Sold |
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Italian Memories Oil on Canvas 61cm x 40cm ENQUIRE NOW |
Approaching Rain Oil on Canvas 122cm x 91cm ENQUIRE NOW
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The High Plains Drifter Oil on Canvas 122cm x 91cm ENQUIRE NOW |
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Cirque Oil on Canvas 91cm x 76cm $5000 ENQUIRE NOW Sold |
Cirque Deux Oil on Canvas 76cm x 61cm $5000 ENQUIRE NOW Sold |
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Nude Adjustment Oil on Canvas 45cm x 40cm $1000 ENQUIRE NOW
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Showgirl Oil on Canvas 71cm x 56cm ENQUIRE NOW
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Sunlight at Midnight Oil on Canvas 51cm x 46cm ENQUIRE NOW |
Green Nude Oil on Canvas 56cm x 45cm $900 ENQUIRE NOW Sold
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Orchids Oil on Canvas |
Cherish the Land Acrylic on Canvas Size:122cm x 91cm $NZ4500 ENQUIRE NOW Sold |
Elegance Oil on Canvas |
After the Show Oil on Canvas 91cm x 76cm $5000 ENQUIRE NOW |
Line and Motion Oil on Canvas Size 92cm x 61cm ENQUIRE NOW |
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