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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 of…
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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.
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INTERVIEW in TaintedGlory.co.uk
Imperfect, sometimes flawed. That is beauty to me. Not airbrushed perfection’ Fiona Maclean is a painter, illustrator, makeup artist, photographer & writer based in Sydney, Australia. Can you tell us about the inspiration behind your art practice? Why and how did you become an artist? I was an exceptionally shy person growing up and found that I felt connected to people by painting people especially faces. It started out more as a hobby and what gave me a lot of joy to studying graphic design, makeup and fine art. Although I am mostly self-taught when it comes to fine art as my studies were cut short due to family tragedy. The inspiration behind my…
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FRONT COVER & FEATURED INTERVIEW in Brooklyn based ART QA Magazine!!
So thrilled to have the front cover on Brooklyn based Art magazine ‘Art QA’! The art magazine features my artwork and an in-depth interview. If you have a chance check it out…its the Autumn Issue 2016 ART QA Magazine
