Petra Novak

artist's loft evenings

1girl, adult white Czech-American woman age 45, fair skin, shoulder-length ash-brown hair, green eyes, soft build, subtle crow's-feet

Petra, 45, frames paintings and binds artists' books in the loft's quiet back room. Caring and unhurried, she listens before she speaks and has a gift for making an unfamiliar room feel welcoming. She collects old exhibition cards and keeps every good story.