Sheila Fein was born in Queens, New York and has lived in Los Angeles since 1987. Sheila Fein is inspired by the changing world around her. Earning her BA in Design from Buffalo State College of New York, her concentration was on drawing and painting, graphic design, writing, and photography. Sheila’s education as an artist has taken her everywhere from New York, to Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia, to Bath University in England.
Sheila’s love for life drawing began in high school where she accrued college credits at CW Post college on Long Island allowing her to graduate from college early to begin her career. Since she never wanted to stop her drawing education, she created and ran figurative life drawing workshops from the early 80’s in Albany New York, and continued from the early 90’s on in Thousand Oaks, and Los Angeles county. Sheila loves to work with students of all ages helping them to release their individual drawing style and message.
Sheila’s paintings and drawings, Fein Fantasy Portraits, and illustrations have been collected by individuals and corporations in the Greater Los Angeles area, across the USA, and abroad. Her work has been published in books, book covers, magazines, as well as online interviews and art shows.
Sheila has curated art shows and continues to show her work in solo and group exhibitions. She feels you never stop learning and it is important to not only go inward to discover yourself, but to be part of the art community and share the journey.
In addition to being a fine artist, Sheila works as an illustrator. She recently illustrated the book “Mama Graciela’s Secret” for Maclaren-Cochrane Publishing and “My Milk Will Go, Our Love Will Grow” for an independent author published by Ingram Spark as well as the Okelani Enchanted Wheel Chair series for Kamoke publishing. Sheila is a PAL Artist and a member of (SCBWI) Society of Children’s Book Writing and Illustration and has been part of the Colored Pencil Society.