New Zealand born Stephanie Brown is a portrait artist based in Sydney, specialising in portraiture with a realistic style. She has a talent for capturing the spirit and character of the people or animals she paints, focusing on the eyes of her subjects and reading the emotion behind the expression.
Stephanie has explored a range of artistic pursuits including a career in mural painting, illustration, graphic design, studio management and art direction. She studied at the Julian Ashton Art School and brings together all she has learned from her artistic pursuits and life experiences to add a level of maturity and insight into how she reveals raw human emotion in her portraits.
Stephanie was a finalist in the 2008 Shirley Hannan National Portrait Awards and continues to build on this achievement painting for exhibitions and private commissions in Australia and New Zealand.
Stephanie is available for both private and commercial art commissions of the human kind or animal kind. Her preferred medium is oil, graphite, charcoal or pastel. Method of working can be from a life sitting and/or photographic reference. There could be up to two sittings as she likes to spend time to get to know the subjects personality and gestures and capture that with sketches and photographs. Which could be at the subjects home or the studio. Prices vary depending on size and requirements from $1500 for a head and shoulders painting. Drawings can range from $300 for a quick 3 hour head and shoulders life sketch in graphite or charcoal up to $1200 for a more finished drawing depending on size and requirements.