I am an artist and art teacher living in Sydney, Australia. I work in oils, acrylics, pastels and mixed media. I mainly paint and draw portraits and people. My influences are Japanese and Chinese Art, Flemish Renaissance artists, Matisse, 19th century Symbolist painting, Art Decor, Lucien Freud, African Art, John Singer Sargeant, Degas and Persian minatures.
I also love photography including Henri Bresson, Man Ray and the Senegalese woman photographer Mama Casset.
Also I have a website called !http:// www.fionaobeirne.com/!
Fiona O'Beirne is a member of 1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture , ! Inspired Art ! (by Quotes or Poems or Music or Stories) , 1 In The Beginning - Ancient Practices, Adjacent Flames, African Art and Photography, Altered Art, Animal Kingdom, Art and Stories Made For Children, Art Nouveau and the Arts & Crafts Movement, Artists of the Orient, Baby Love, Bits and Pieces , Cacti and other Succulents, Challenge Café, Childhood, Creative Inspirations - [2pw], Digital Modern Portraiture, Domestic Art - Home is Where the Art Is, Everyday Life, Faerie World (WINGED FAERIES ONLY!) 2 per 24 hrs, FAN FRENZY, Fantasy Art, Fine Art approaches to Figure and Face, Fine Arts, For the Love of Cats , 2 images a day, Hands, Humorous Illustrations ( NO PHOTOGRAPHY ) , I ♥ Patterns, Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies (2 A Day), Japanfluence, Masterpiece: Art, Mature Woman, Mixed Media, Myths, Legends and Fairytales, Out of the Blue, Painters In Modern Times, Pencil Drawing (2 per 24 hrs), Photoshop Help, Pinup, PixElations - The Art of Photoshop, Practising the Dark Arts, Religious Art & Photography, Spiritual Art, Surrealism, Sydney, The Artistic Nude, The Birds, THE DARK CELL, The Eyes Have It, The Male Nude, Vector Goodness Lounge, Water Media (Paintings by hand only) and Woman Appreciation.