Heddy (aka Hedvig Tilly Sørensen)
I was born Hedvig Tilly Sørensen (aka Heddy) in an extremely small town called Toco (aka Shady Grove) Texas. I bet you thought I was going to say somewhere in Scandinavia coolish like Copenhagen, but alas no. My closest city and closest to Europe I had ever been was Paris, Paris Texas, USA. I had been in and out of numerous foster homes my whole life and never knew who my birth parents were until a weird synchronistic chain of events took place. Maybe fate, destiny, not sure, but here in this tiny town of Toco, population 89, one very small school and a weird landmark plane, I was found by a talent…
Asher’s Haiku
Asher leaned in awkwardly to listen to what the other boy was trying to say. Although the boy’s whispering was muffled by the sirens constant whirring and screeching, it was now registering how severe a strike to the head his new friend had received. The boy seemed quite confused and disorientated and the gash that now adorned his forehead was confirming that this was very real. That evening had been a haiku kind of moment for the two boys. – excerpt from writings by Fiona Maclean
Why Fiona Maclean’s paintings and illustrations are being sort after by art collectors
Fiona Maclean is a New Zealand native and Australian based Artist. She is a Painter, Illustrator and Photographer. Her paintings have been described as “hauntingly beautiful”, that her portraits have “traces of glamour and intrigue beneath their honesty and her subjects are intensely engaging extracting and translating fragments of secrets of the soul”. With that said, her illustrations which are predominantly in the field of fashion and beauty are equally striking, edgy and sometimes dramatic. Fiona’s fashion illustrations and artwork are featured and recognised in international fashion reference books, art and design publications and international magazines. She was hand-picked by internationally acclaimed best selling UK author Martin Dawber to appear in several…
FEATURED in Saatchi Art’s Wanderlust: Spotlight on Australian Artists
Such a privilege to be chosen and featured in one of Saatchi Art’s Collections. My painting ‘Birdie’ is featured in Saatchi Art’s Wanderlust: Spotlight on Australian Artists collection on Saatchi Art’s home page. Birdie is one of my oil paintings on canvas, measuring 20 x 16in. She is all about my love of nature, nostalgia and like the ‘Shroud of Turin’ she is surrounded by mystery. The original painting ‘Birdie’ is available for purchase directly and prints are available through Saatchi Art. For more info and artwork head here or to Fiona’s Saatchi Art collection.
