Nicholas Pujdak - Bio

Born in 1960 in Arcadia, California, Nicholas Pujdak is one of four first generation sons of European immigrants. His mother, a retired dress designer, hails from England, and his father, an architect from Warsaw, Poland, is an entrepreneur who built his own successful business. Nicholas currently resides in Pasadena, California.

Nicholas grew up in San Gabriel, California, and showed gifting for drawing and painting at an early age. He has studied at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, an Art School in Oahu, Hawaii, the Creative Arts Group in Sierra Madre California, and has studied under various professional artists. His art reflects his love for nature’s beauty and derives some of his inspiration from the ocean and earth, using oils and acrylics on canvas, color being his main fascination. A few of the Artists he admires would be Mark Rothko, Seurat, and Wolf Kahn to name a few.

Nicholas has worked in clay, wood, watercolors, pen and ink, pastels, acrylics & oils. He has worked with several prominent local artists which includes a large scale wood carving, as well as working in several pottery shops as a designer.

Being a natural sportsman and growing up in California, he became extraordinarily in tune with nature and his surroundings. He took up surfing as a teenager surfing up and down the California coastline, Baja Peninsula, and some spots in Hawaii. Hollister Ranch above Santa Barbara, California is his favorite areas. He spends allot of time up in Monterrey and Carmel area.

Nicholas has traveled throughout the United States, as well as Canada and Australia.