About Nomi

A graduate of USC and a Los Angeles portrait photographer for twenty years, Nomi’s clients included McDonald's Corporation, ARCO, many celebrities, and hundreds of loyal families whose lives she lovingly documented.

In 1992, Nomi found an exciting new avenue to creatively express her passion for portraiture. When introduced to the brand new fields of painting and graphics technology, she was instantly struck with a vision of what she wanted to do artistically…  combine traditional painting and drawing with the latest developments in graphics. It was a transformative moment, taking her portraiture career in an entirely new direction!

Nomi had been studying portrait drawing and art history at UCLA for several years. To further educate herself and develop her personal technique, she added courses in graphic design, color theory and computer graphics. At the California Art Institute and at many weeklong workshops with top traditional artists, she studied life drawing and watercolor painting.

Nomi is recognized as a pioneer in the digital art field. She is proud to be a Corel® Painter™ Master, and has consulted with programmers to develop new versions of the software. She also provides private classes in Corel® Painter™ upon request.

As a young child, Nomi realized the preciousness of family with the death of her father in World War II and her beloved grandparents shortly thereafter. She spent hours poring over photo albums to recapture a sense of her family. These early losses propelled her into the careers of portrait photography and now portrait painting, so that others could enjoy their personal memories as elegant artwork in their homes.

Nomi and her husband, Gerry Beane, live at Mandalay Beach in Oxnard, California. Gerry prints Nomi’s work and that of many artists and photographers, at his studio Mandalay Fine Art, in Ventura, California. They have five children and ten grandchildren.

Nomi’s mission is to bring fine art into people’s homes by creating portraits of their loved ones. It is her wish to have everyone surrounded each day with beautiful images from their lives. She is deeply grateful to her clients, friends and family for their continued support, which has allowed her the opportunity to make portrait painting her life’s work.

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