Fiona Smith

"Queens"
Grainger Gallery 12 June

Queens came about as an idea when I dropped in to see Kacy and Richard in Fyshwick and saw some of the wonderful, extravagant framing they had done on some works on the wall.
We worked out a plan for me to make a series of smaller paintings and Kacy would have a free hand to choose and make individual frames to theme with each one.
Because I love to present a challenge, I decided to paint a line of fabulous queen-inspired birds.

You may as well be "all in"!


I am a writer and artist, living in Sydney, Australia, with my family, which includes two teenaged children, a husband who is a public relations supremo and a "borrowed cat" - who likes to fight me for the keyboard and makes it into some of my paintings.

I started off as a "salty girl", growing up on the edge of McCarrs Creek in Pittwater - all bare feet, elbows and freckles. I spent three years growing into adulthood in Bathurst at what was then called Mitchell College of Advanced Education (now Charles Sturt University), learning the trade of journalism.

Returning to the "big smoke", I spent my career working in the biggest and best newsrooms in Australia, writing in areas of leadership, workplace, social equity, entrepreneurs, business, tourism, property, art, jewellery and general news.

Finalist Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize (emerging artist) 2019
Highly commended
Drummoyne Open Art Prize 2019