Paul Healey was born in Toronto in 1964, and graduated from the Georgian College of Design and Visual Arts in Barrie, Ontario. Acceptance in the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design gave Paul his first taste of the east coast. He moved to New Brunswick in 1992 and became a professional artist, participating in both solo and juried group exhibitions and quickly garnering a respectable following of devoted collectors both in Canada and abroad.

His trademark paintings are light filled interiors, ambient landscapes and sultry provocative figure studies painted in exquisitely subtle tonalities. His paintings invite the viewer into a world of repose and serenity, far from the bustling dynamics of modern life. Critics have described his work as reminiscent of a younger more contemporary Joseph Plaskett.

He has also been described as a Renaissance man for our modern times, due to his intensive work ethic and the fact that his creative pursuits are not limited to the visual realm. His musical interests include the study of jazz, classical guitar and song writing. His literary pursuits include art criticism, drama and prose. In 1999, he was nominated for the Christina Sabat Award for Arts Criticism. He has also been a finalist in the New Brunswick Writers Federation Competition for non-fiction and, has had a play "work shopped "by Theatre New Brunswick.