| Betsy Heffron Painter Studied : Phoenix Community College, Phx, Az 1983-1985 Art Students League, New York, NY 1987-92 Escola Masana, Barcelona Spain Summer 1993 National Academy Find Arts, NY, NY 1996-2000 I am drawn towards objects: chairs, windows, doors, boots, ballet slippers, lemons, common objects that surround us. I explored the deeper meaning behind them. I also love landscapes, pushing paint and using colour as a medium. It is a glimpse into the experience of my life as a painter and my relationship with the world. Searching and exploring the structure of objects either man-made or from nature. I am an observer of life and am constantly seeking out the compositions that surround me; investigating their forms and how they relate to each other through the use of colour to discover and express their relationships. I was born in Michigan and the cool blue winters and lush green summers still influence me. While in High School I had a painting instructor who encourage me pursuing painting as my major in college. After finishing high school I moved out west to Arizona and began my studies at Phoenix Community College. At that time my focus was drawing and design. After a few years in Arizona I decided to move to New York City to studying in the Atelier schools; first at the Art Students League under the instruction of Michael Burbain and Leatrice Rose; eventually finding Peter Homitsky, a well know landscape and colourist who I studied with for many years. Painting became my focus and passion. I concluded my studies at the National Academy of Design School of Fine Arts; under the instruction of Sam Adoquei with the focus being the figure and portraiture. I like to work from life as well as my own imagination. Sometimes beginning with sketches using oil sticks or water colours.....India ink, charcoal or pen. Eventually moving those images to the canvass to explore my own individual concepts and their transformation into the visual language of painting. Among the artist that most influence me are Matisse, Cezanne, Bonnard, VanGogh, Manet, Sorolla, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, Richard Deibenkorn, Wayne Theiboud and Euan Uglow, to name a few~ Current work and direction: I have recently moved back to New York after living and painting in the southwest. It was a wonderful experience and has given me a greater insight into colour, which at heart I am a colourist that is what moves me. Exhibitions: Practical Art Phoenix, AZ ICON Studio Phoenix, AZ Open Studio Space Phoenix, AZ Mama-Java Coffee Shop Phoenix, AZ One Reunionese Square, Corporate Lobby, AZ Burson-Marsteller Corporate Gallery NY, NY Studio 807 Union Square, NY NY The Art Students League New York, NY Escola Masana Barcelona Spain National Academy New York, NY Mystic Art Association Mystic CT |
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| Designs ~ Two of her paintings have been used on the CD cover for GuarX2's buy Pasquale Bianculli and Harris Berker. Pasqual Bianculli |
| Commission for the Krells Oils 42 x 60 |
| Close up for Krells |