Heather Dawn Batchelor

When I’m painting, I am not trying to represent my current reality. I want to create – not something new but someplace new. A world where colors and shapes are free.
Into these new worlds I infuse my own personal experience.

I am inspired by all painting styles but I am especially inspired by Abstract Expressionist and their freedom and mark making, the Romantics emphasis on sense and emotion and the Hudson River School and their use of luminism.

​The three dots that I use as my signature have a lot of meaning for me. They represent the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. They are the three stars that form the Belt of Orion also known as “The Three Sisters”.
​ And they form an ellipsis – ​In creative writing an ellipsis functions to indicate that the speaker has trailed off and left a sentence or thought unfinished…

Education:
Herron School of Art and Design