Sheila Smart
Sydney, New South Wales - Australia
Sheila Smart - Fine Artist
Member Since: 09/27/2007
Having lived in UK, Canada, and Papua New Guinea, I now live in the northern beaches suburb of Avalon, Sydney, Australia with my husband and two cats. I have a varied photograpic portfolio of Australian wildlife, landscapes, life on the streets of Sydney (in monochrome) and portraiture. Please check out both my Artwork and Galleries below. I won the Black and White Spider Awards - Photographer of the Year 2005 (amateur) and turned professional in 2006. I also won Outstanding Achievement in People category in the previously mentioned Awards. I have been published world-wide. Most images are available for editorial and commercial uses and I hold copyright in all of the images. Click on my stock gallery with RM pricing here All images are in high resolution digital files.
What you place on your walls should, in my opinion, not necessarily be attractive or even pretty. I believe photographs should reflect society in general. To that end, a lot of my work is a reflection of society as it is today and probably even the next millenium. Why would one want an image of a homeless person or someone on the fringe of society on the wall of their attractive apartment or house other than 'there but for the grace of God go I'? The next time you walk around a contemporary gallery, count how many attractive landscapes there are. It would be an education.
Sheila
