Kilmeny Niland is an Australian artist and illustrator. She grew up in Sydney and studied art at the Julian Ashton Art School. She has worked in animation, children's books, wildlife art, miniatures, portraits, cards and prints. She has won numerous prizes in national and international competitions, and one of her portraits was purchased by Australia's National Portrait Gallery, in Canberra. Two of Canberras best-known landmarks, Parliament House and (foreground) Old Parliament House. ...
In the late 1970s she married academic Rafe Champion. They have four children: Leo, Hugh, Patrick and Thomas. Rafe Champion (born July 1945) is an Australian writer and academic. ...
KilmenyNiland is an Australian artist who enjoys dabbling in all things arty.
Over the years, she has been involved with writing and illustration (over 25 picture books), animation, miniature art and painting for several solo and group exhibitions, with a sprinkling of awards in each.
Kilmeny writes: "I see myself as a figurative artist, an observer always interested in the humour, the follies and foibles of the human experience, especially the idiosyncratic and eccentric.