Mixing colors, shapes and mediums, Heather’s work is multi-layered. She creates in any medium at hand: paint, ink, oil pens, pencils, collage, assemblage and printmaking . She is inspired by our interconnectedness on a molecular, social, and universal level. As we learn, connections grow among neurons in our brain. These synapses build pathways like trees or trails as we walk our tighter, close-to-home routes. Our screens and devices, wired to the invisible internet, connect us to each other and the beauty we find. Meditating on our universal challenges in this life striving for flow and beauty, Heather often carves or scratches into works to reveal layers below.
Beginning during the pandemic quarantine Heather’s most recent series is a celebration of our resilience and tenacity, expressed in layered colors, repeated markings, and notches. It is a study of organic patterns in the networks of the same-same repeating days that hold us together firmly while we grow.
2021|Mixed Media on Wood|20.5 x 22.75 in
2021|Mixed Media on Wood|12 x 12 in
2021
Mixed media on wood cabinet door
18x44 in.
2020|Mixed media on paper|14 x 11 in
2021|Mixed media on wood|20.5 x 22.75 in
Heather’s love of art solidified by 3rd grade with a first prize ribbon at the county fair for a masterpiece in glue and chalk – a macaw. She has studied arts and crafts all her life and earned a BA in studio art, new media (digital arts) from CSU Chico. She has curated artists for the Curtis Fest Artisan Fair and taught classes and workshops in fine art techniques for adults and children. In addition to her passion for art, she is a web designer, graphic designer, public speaker, and lecturer. She has continued the study of art and art history at Sacramento City College, where she is an adjunct professor, teaching web and graphic design.
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