Fiona Smith, Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Fire Taled Rain Bird, 2024
Oil on canvas
60 x 50 cm (visible), 62 x 52 x 5.5 cm (framed)
Condition: Very good, with minor surface accretion
Certificate of Authenticity available
Acquired from Affordable Art Fair in 2024.
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Fiona Smith (Australian, b. unknown) is a contemporary painter best known for her distinctive oil paintings of birds set within richly patterned domestic interiors. Drawing inspiration from Australia's native wildlife, she combines meticulous realism with decorative design, placing avian subjects against vintage wallpapers, textiles, and carefully arranged furnishings. Her works celebrate the individuality and character of each bird while exploring the relationship between the natural world and the home.
Before becoming a full-time artist, Smith enjoyed a successful career as a journalist and columnist for the Australian Financial Review. She later trained at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney and continued her artistic development through workshops with established Australian painters. Now based in Sydney, her paintings are widely collected internationally and have been exhibited at the Affordable Art Fair in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Singapore.
(Photographed in July 2026)