Fiona Heysen, grand-daughter of the late Sir Hans Heysen (renowned Australian landscape artist) and niece of Nora Heysen (acclaimed portrait artist and winner of the Archibald Portrait Prize), is a highly accredited and experienced horsewoman and artist.
Fiona uses her lifelong passion for horses and art to create beautiful and sensitively drawn portraits that capture the subtleties of structure and essence of character in her subjects which bring them to life on the paper.
Contact for original commission portraits of people, horses and dogs, and information about other artwork available
Fiona uses her lifelong passion for horses and art to create beautiful and sensitively drawn portraits that capture the subtleties of structure and essence of character in her subjects which bring them to life on the paper.
Contact for original commission portraits of people, horses and dogs, and information about other artwork available
Exhibitions & Galleries
Fiona has always loved painting and drawing and has never had any formal training in either of these fields. However she did begin a Visual Arts degree where she studied Art History, Concept Development, Ceramics and Textiles which she felt broadened her knowledge without altering her style.
She has paintings in collections all over the world including the United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Sth America , France and New Zealand and has illustrated texts for Equine Studies Courses, as well as poetry for Nan Witcomb’s ‘Thoughts of Nanushka’.
She has won many awards at various Rotary Art Shows, and has had paintings in the Archibald and Moran Portrait prizes.
She is currently exhibiting at the Glenelg Art Gallery and can be contacted for original commission portraits of your child, spouse, horse or pet.
Fiona has always loved painting and drawing and has never had any formal training in either of these fields. However she did begin a Visual Arts degree where she studied Art History, Concept Development, Ceramics and Textiles which she felt broadened her knowledge without altering her style.
She has paintings in collections all over the world including the United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Sth America , France and New Zealand and has illustrated texts for Equine Studies Courses, as well as poetry for Nan Witcomb’s ‘Thoughts of Nanushka’.
She has won many awards at various Rotary Art Shows, and has had paintings in the Archibald and Moran Portrait prizes.
She is currently exhibiting at the Glenelg Art Gallery and can be contacted for original commission portraits of your child, spouse, horse or pet.