Raised in a rural part of Michigan, 헤더 인 마틴 has been creating art ever since she can remember. She attended the Ringling School of Art and Design in 2001, obtaining her BFA in Illustration. While her dreams of being a Disney artist never came to fruition (like almost every other child that saw behind-the-scenes shots from Lion King), she did find herself in the mobile gaming industry for a decade before leaving to pursue fine art.

Never shying from a good challenge, Heather’s work is almost exclusively painted directly from life. She finds it crucial to be immersed in her environment – she works hard to capture the moment through her own eyes. Landscapes, still-life, interiors, architecture, portraits, animals… there’s no subject that she won’t approach with curiosity and excitement.

You’ll often find her lugging a backpack twice her size near her home in Northern California to paint en plein air. When not outdoors, she’s hogging a surprising amount of space indoors to paint still-life in a house shared with her husband, two dogs, two cats, plus the ducks and chickens in the yard.