Aotearoa rose - pastels and pastel pencils
Lemon - pastels and pastel pencils
Grapes - pastels and pastel pencils
Mandarins - pastels and pastel pencils
Cherries - pastels and pastel pencils
Artistic Approach:
Kira is passionate about soft pastels and pastel pencils and can also work with other medias (watercolors, coffee, oil, acrylic, pencils, ink and charcoal).
She is an internationally recognized and has her artwork in New Zealand, France, Latvia, Germany, Japan, Australia, China and Hawaii (USA).
During her childhood in Latvia, she spent a lot of time at her grandparents’ summer house and learned a lot about gardening and since that time she has loved plants. Kira’s artworks have been inspired by painting flowers and berries, fruits and vegetables from her own garden in New Zealand. She also loves to paint her pets, birds, people and during her travel journeys around New Zealand and to other countries.
Affiliations:
Full Member BASNZ Botanical Art Society of New Zealand.
Member of the Portrait Society of America
Member of the International Society of the Study of Surrealism
Education:
Kira Hill was studying at Art and Music school (1996-2000) in Latvia when was a teenager.
Since 1996 Kira was studying art in different countries and has been learning a lot from the UK, NZ, Polish, Australian, Austrian, Latvian, Ukrainian, Japanese and American very talented artists.