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Ruffled Tulipsby Shirley Novak
28" x 28" Canvas Art Canvas
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Cosmos Iby Shirley Novak
24" x 24" Canvas Art Canvas
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Cosmos IIby Shirley Novak
24" x 24" Canvas Art Canvas
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Seagulls with Gold Sky IIby Shirley Novak
18" x 18" Canvas Art Canvas
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Watercolor Stones Iby Shirley Novak
36" x 12" Canvas Art Canvas
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Ruffled Tulips Beigeby Shirley Novak
18" x 16" Canvas Art Canvas
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Up Threeby Shirley Novak
24" x 16" Canvas Art Canvas
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Bouquet de Printempsby Shirley Novak
18" x 18" Canvas Art Canvas
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Pink Gilded Butterflies IIby Shirley Novak
12" x 12" Canvas Art Canvas
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Early Juneby Shirley Novak
24" x 23" Canvas Art Canvas
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Tulips and Poppy Partyby Shirley Novak
18" x 18" Canvas Art Canvas
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Pure Palette Zinniasby Shirley Novak
20" x 20" Canvas Art Canvas
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Up Oneby Shirley Novak
24" x 24" Canvas Art Canvas
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Flower Power IIby Shirley Novak
24" x 24" Canvas Art Canvas
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Up Oneby Shirley Novak
35" x 35" Canvas Art Canvas
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Some Favoritesby Shirley Novak
40" x 20" Canvas Art Canvas
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Blue and Purple Mixed Garden Iby Shirley Novak
36" x 36" Canvas Art Canvas
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Lemongrass in Plum Panel Iby Shirley Novak
12" x 36" Canvas Art Canvas
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Anemones Japonaises IIby Shirley Novak
24" x 24" Canvas Art Canvas
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Mistral Trio I White Squareby Shirley Novak
18" x 18" Canvas Art Canvas
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Mistral Trio II White Squareby Shirley Novak
18" x 18" Canvas Art Canvas
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Rainbow Rufflesby Shirley Novak
24" x 12" Canvas Art Canvas
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Seagulls with Gold Skyby Shirley Novak
24" x 12" Canvas Art Canvas
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Buckhorn Aster Showby Shirley Novak
24" x 24" Canvas Art Canvas
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Garden Pastels I Blue Skyby Shirley Novak
24" x 18" Canvas Art Canvas
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Rainbow Ruffles IIby Shirley Novak
24" x 24" Canvas Art Canvas
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Splash Garden Iby Shirley Novak
24" x 16" Canvas Art Canvas
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Des Rosesby Shirley Novak
12" x 16" Canvas Art Canvas
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Gilded Butterflies II Lavenderby Shirley Novak
14" x 14" Canvas Art Canvas
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Seagulls with Gold Sky IIIby Shirley Novak
18" x 18" Canvas Art Canvas
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Mistral Trio IIby Shirley Novak
18" x 16" Canvas Art Canvas
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Mistral Trio Iby Shirley Novak
18" x 14" Canvas Art Canvas
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Seagullsby Shirley Novak
18" x 12" Canvas Art Canvas
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Kianaby Shirley Novak
18" x 10" Canvas Art Canvas
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Some Favorites Iby Shirley Novak
12" x 15" Canvas Art Canvas
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Jewel Tones on Whiteby Shirley Novak
24" x 24" Canvas Art Canvas
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Shirley Novak is a fine art artist who's mainly known for her poppy paintings. It all stems from her fascination with the flowers and her general love for gardens. From her childhood, she always had something for poppies, enjoying popping the poppy seeds from their pods. As a child, she also enjoyed going out to buy seedlings and coming with them home to plant them. All these just made her fascination with flowers stronger, leading to her interest in replicating such beauty through painting. Shirley’s use of colors, balancing intensity and harmony, has also added to her emotional attachment to her work, and in extension, poppy flowers. She believes that, like Claude Monet, she owes her going into painting to flowers. Shirley’s drive to paint has been strong since her childhood and she's been consistent in listening to that voice, painting through her youth and young adulthood.
Early 1990s saw her take a keener interest in painting. She took several workshops and focused on becoming a professional. She therefore worked consistently to better her best and would in 1996 move to Colorado where she studied with Len Chmiel, one of her workshop teachers. Shirley later joined the Art Students League. She owns a garden that gives her great joy and is also a source of great ideas for creating paintings. Over the years, she's developed a unique painting style that allows her to express herself in the most satisfying ways. Shirley’s works can be found in Smith-Klein Gallery in Boulder, Colorado, The Sylvan Gallery in Charleston, South Carolina, and Simpson Gallery both in Cody, Wyoming, and Montrose, Colorado. Framed Shirley Novak art pieces are also available in galleries and art dealerships for those who would like ready to hung wall art.