Work samples
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On Point
24 x18" acrylic, pen, pencil and pastel on panel
From my Perspective Series
Perspective, a grounding point, a place of identity that both spews and clarifies. It is a common experience that behaves like a kaleidoscope from our vantage point. It is full of nuance and color, and can turn fearfully black and white. We strive to understand the complexity and reach common ground. We should delight in the way our experience, identity, and our roots color our view, We turn from our spot in each direction, and as we overlap there is a collective experience. To appreciate the not only that commonality but the intricate differences and individual truths. At once matching and reflecting, contrasting and deflecting and all the while highlights being human.
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Adrift
36 x 36" acrylic, pen, pastel, pencil and collage on canvas
Perspective, a grounding point, a place of identity that both spews and clarifies. It is a common experience that behaves like a kaleidoscope from our vantage point. It is full of nuance and color, and can turn fearfully black and white. We strive to understand the complexity and reach common ground. We should delight in the way our experience, identity, and our roots color our view, We turn from our spot in each direction, and as we overlap there is a collective experience. To appreciate the not only that commonality but the intricate differences and individual truths. At once matching and reflecting, contrasting and deflecting and all the while highlights being human.
Available for Purchaseprior to March 19th, contact [email protected] ,after that contact [email protected]
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Expand
40 x 30" acyrlic, pen, pastel and pencil on panel
Perspective, a grounding point, a place of identity that both spews and clarifies. It is a common experience that behaves like a kaleidoscope from our vantage point. It is full of nuance and color, and can turn fearfully black and white. We strive to understand the complexity and reach common ground. We should delight in the way our experience, identity, and our roots color our view, We turn from our spot in each direction, and as we overlap there is a collective experience. To appreciate the not only that commonality but the intricate differences and individual truths. At once matching and reflecting, contrasting and deflecting and all the while highlights being human.
Available for Purchaseprior to March 19th contact [email protected] after that contact [email protected]
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Shifting The Narrative
48 x 48" acrylic, pen, pencil, and pastel on panel
Perspective, a grounding point, a place of identity that both spews and clarifies. It is a common experience that behaves like a kaleidoscope from our vantage point. It is full of nuance and color, and can turn fearfully black and white. We strive to understand the complexity and reach common ground. We should delight in the way our experience, identity, and our roots color our view, We turn from our spot in each direction, and as we overlap there is a collective experience. To appreciate the not only that commonality but the intricate differences and individual truths. At once matching and reflecting, contrasting and deflecting and all the while highlights being human.
Available for PurchaseThrough March 16th contact [email protected], after that contact [email protected]
About Heather
Heather Kirtland is an artist, author, speaker, and creative instigator. She received her BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Heather currently teaches encaustic workshops and is focused on her studio practice. She enjoys working with private clients as well as designers to create the perfect piece for a space. She loves to work with other creatives to inspire them in their artistic journeys. When she is not painting she loves to read, run and encourage other mothers… more
Perspective
Perspective, a grounding point, a place of identity that both spews and clarifies. It is a common experience that behaves like a kaleidoscope from our vantage point. It is full of nuance and color, and can turn fearfully black and white. We strive to understand the complexity and reach common ground. We should delight in the way our experience, identity, and our roots color our view, We turn from our spot in each direction, and as we overlap there is a collective experience. To appreciate the not only that commonality but the intricate differences and individual truths. At once matching and reflecting, contrasting and deflecting and all the while highlights being human.
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Pop
20 x 16" acrylic, pen, pencil and pastel on panel
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Rise
20 x 16" acrylic, pen, pencil and pastel on panel
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Shift
20 x 16" acrylic, pen, pencil and pastel on panel
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Expand
40 x 30" acrylic, pen, pencil and pastel on panel
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Fixed
40 x 30 acrylic, pen, pencil and pastel on panel
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On Point
24 x 18" acrylic, pen, pastel, and pencil on canvas
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Granted
112 x 9" acrylic, pen, pastel, and pencil on canvas
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Stand
12 x 9" acrylic, pen, pastel, and pencil on canvas
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Adrift
36 x 36" acrylic, pen, pastel, pencil, and collage on canvas
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Shifting The Narrative
48 x 48" acrylic, pen, pastel, pencil, and collage on canvas
Available for Purchasecontact Heather Kirtland for purchase
Space
This series of work is a response to pandemic fatigue and finding myself longing for space. I use a visual language of cloches, propellers, and sails to express the contradicting emotions of feeling both safe and trapped. I felt the need to take up space and hold space for others. I wanted to escape/travel and experience new surroundings and also enjoy this new expanse of time with those that I love. I longed for solitude and with that felt guilt. I didn’t want to feel contained, I wanted to be heard. I express all of this with the objects pushing against the composition, and bold colors outside my comfort zone. I let under-painting show through with the use of washes of color, marks with oil pastel and charcoal that express movement and immediacy. Encaustics were a natural choice using varying surface texture and the innate translucency the wax allows, I could express the complications of what I was feeling through the medium itself.
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Holding Pattern
48 x 36" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Altenate
40 x 30" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Boundaries
40 x 30" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Set Off
40 x 30" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Runaway
30 x 20" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Stranded
48 x 36" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Propagate
24 x 30" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Sail
48 x 36" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Release
30 x 40" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Two Peas, Different Pods
48 x 48" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
Home
In my work I utilize the house form to represent a persona. This series of paintings explore the deconstruction of my usual house form. Through gestural mark making, dynamic composition, and a vibrant palette I intend to connect the viewer to the situations I am creating. I want to play with tension, ease, movement, and layered emotion. While the house can represent safety, solidarity and security this past year has complicated all of these identities. This work addresses the complex and dynamic feelings wrapped around the sense of home.
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Infinite
40 x 26" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Focus
24 x 18" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Full Up
24 x 18" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Circus
24 x 18" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Flourish
24 x 18" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Where do We Begin?
40 x 26" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Venturing
40 x 26" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Rooted
40 x 26" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Beneath
40 x 26" acrylic, pen, pastel and pencil on canvas
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Jumble
24 x 18" acyrlic, pen, pastel and pencil on paper