About

I've been painting on and off for 30 years. I took a few classes here and there, filled sketchbooks, and made pieces for my mom and dad. But it wasn't until late 2024, in the middle of grief, upheaval, and a year that tested everything I thought I knew about resilience...I decided to stop waiting.

My father died from lymphoma in October 2024. In the same week, my mom was hospitalized twice with blood sugar spikes, and weeks later, my mother-in-law took her own life after years of depression. The job I thought was waiting for me fell through. The business partnership I'd been building dissolved. Everything I'd planned unraveled at once.

In the quiet that followed, I remembered I had Bitcoin tucked away from years ago,  savings I hadn't touched. I used it to enroll in a one-year program through The Milan Art Institute. I turned our spare room into a studio. And I made a decision: life is too short not to follow the things I truly love. I want to be the best artist I can be now, not when I'm 60, 70, or 80.

This is the beginning of that dream.

But it's not my only dream.

For nearly three years, I've been building Electra, a solar panel recycling company born from a pencil sketch after 12 intensive weeks in climate school in March 2023 and thousands of hours of dedication. I've pitched investors, written grant applications, mapped circular systems, and fought to create infrastructure for end-of-life solar panels so they don't end up in landfills. That work continues. I recently found a business partner who shares the vision through Revolt, and we're collaborating on grants, testing assumptions, and building what comes next, one step at a time.

I've been job hunting all along, looking for part-time technical operations roles with climate-aligned companies, but as I approach over 250 applications, my enthusiasm for working a regular job is waning. The goal remains simple: build a life that makes room for both painting, writing, and doing the technical work I love in materials circularity.

My work reflects my values. I paint on recovered canvases from used art supply stores or organic canvas whenever possible. I believe in circularity, in doing more with less, in resourcefulness. My art explores transformation, resilience, and the courage it takes to do the thing anyway.  Past the doubt, past the imposter syndrome, past the voice that says it doesn't fit or nobody cares.

I've painted bold portraits, vibrant landscapes, and still lifes that honor small traditions. I use saturated color palettes, dynamic lighting, and abstract realism to bridge the natural world with the human experience. Some pieces are quiet. Some refuse to be ignored. All of them are made with intention and a splash of risk.

A note about the mugs:
Back in 2015, I took my first entrepreneurial sprint and designed BittyMugs, 4-oz ceramic mugs for kids, illustrated with African Savannah animals. The goal was to create a product that reduced waste and plastic while giving families something beautiful and functional. After a decade of selling them on my own site and on Amazon, I learned that even a 5-star product needs a hefty marketing budget to break through. So I'm offering them here at a discount, ready to find good homes. Kids, parents, and grandparents rave about them, and I have a large inventory ready for adoption. They're keepsakes, not just mugs — and they're part of the same thread that runs through all my work: make something meaningful, make it well, and make it last.

I haven't been in galleries yet. I don't have collectors. But I have work I'm proud of, and I'm ready to share it.

If you're here, it's because you value new voices, bold choices, and artists who are building something real from the ground up. Thank you for being here. Thank you for looking.

Browse the work. Join the email list. Follow along as this unfolds.

I'm also building a course to teach other artists how to photograph their work professionally — a skill my photographer father taught me years ago. It's coming soon.

This is just the beginning.

— Heather