Lesley Smitheringale Fine Art

I decided that I could not be without a cat since I lost my lit… Continue

Our cat "Domino" who has been with us for 15 years has been very sick these past few days and after a second blood test this morning she has been diagnosed with having an incurable cancer so we made the heart wrenching decision of putting her "to sleep" and I am an emotional wreck at the moment. Domino was a beautiful cat who enjoyed a wonderfully happy life and I know it was the right decision but it's still very, very hard and I miss her so much.

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I have just heard that my photograph "Lean on Me" of a pair of rainbow lorikeets was selected as "highly commended" in the Wildlife Portraits competition run by Will Burrard-Lucas and his younger brother Matthew. Here is the article from Burrard-Lucas Blog site

Wildlife Photography Competition Results

We would like to thank everyone who entered our recent… Continue

A few weeks ago I visited Currumbin Valley in the Gold Coast Hinterland, Queensland which is one of the most beautiful places I have been to. The drive through the valley was stunning with canopies of green trees over-hanging the narrow roadway which wound its way past homesteads, scattered along this scenic drive. It was a beautiful sunny Sunday morning with hardly any other traffic on this secluded twisty road. I had my binocul… Continue

Nafisa Naomi has exhibited extensively overseas and in Australia and has recently won the Gold Medal for her painting "Regeneration" at the Florence Biennale from a field of 800 artists from 60 Nations. Since beginning her art career 8 years ago, she has won over 40 awards and commendations and has been in over 100 selected group shows. Nafisa founded the national association of portrait artists in 2002 and having just completed a Masters of Fine Art in Syd… Continue