Kira Hill was studying at Art and Music school (1996-2000) when was a teenager.

The artist is a member of the Portrait Society of America 🇺🇸

And a member of the International Society for the study of SURREALISM

In New Zealand the artist has a full membership at the Botanical Art Society of New Zealand 🇳🇿.

Kira is passionate about soft pastels and pastel pencils and can also work with other medias. She falls in love many years ago with pastels and believes that this media represents the best of her passion in art.

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.

Kira Hill Artist is an internationally recognised and has her artworks in France 🇫🇷 , Latvia 🇱🇻 , Germany 🇩🇪, Japan 🇯🇵, Australia 🇦🇺, New Zealand 🇳🇿, China 🇨🇳 and Hawaii.

Kira’s artworks have been inspired by painting her pets, birds, fruits, flowers and also during her travel journeys to other countries and around New Zealand.

She went to many art museums (National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery (the first national portrait gallery in the world that was dedicated to portraits ) in London, Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Basilicas in Rome, Louvre in Paris, Hokusai museum in Tokyo, Christie’s and Sopheby’s Auction houses in the UK , MoMA in New York , Salvador Dali and Muha museum in Prague , Belvedere Palace in Vienna , Parliament and Szent Istvan Basilica in Budapest . Portrait gallery in Wellington, Tepapa Museum and New Zealand Parliament, National Portrait Gallery of Australia and Parliament in Canberra, and many more around the world).

And during her art career ,Kira’s artworks have been also inspired by famous artists Leonardo Da Vinci ( who invented pastels), Frida Kahlo, Rita Angus, Hokusai, Caravaggio and Salvador Dali.

PRACTICE

Kira paints and draws personalised portraits of people and of your pets (dogs, cats, birds, horses etc). Plus she does still life, seascapes and architecture.

Kira Hill used only materials of the highest artists quality.

Each piece of artwork is done by hand and takes around 20-40 or more hours to complete.
She sends you a progress picture before she finish to check details and make sure that she capture your pet or a person soul (for example).
Once completed it is sent in a frame or if requested can only be professionally mounted and all you have to do is have it framed. Kira needs several clear photos to work from.