Heather Horton

Red Heather
2007, Oil on Canvas
30 X 24 inches, 76 X 61 cm.
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Heather Horton was born in Burlington, Ontario in 1974. After completing a degree in English from McMaster University in Hamilton, she decided to pursue a career in art.

In 2002, she completed the illustration program at Sheridan College in Oakville. Since graduating from Sheridan she has exhibited her work in juried, group and solo shows. Heather’s work can be found in private collections in Canada, The United States, Germany and Great Britain.

Heather was elected to the Society of Canadian Artists in 2002 and to the Ontario Society of Artists in 2007.

“My work is primarily figurative. I strive to create a visual tension in my work through cropping, stark environments and overall composition."

“There is a prevailing sense of isolation and alienation in my paintings. I want the viewer to wonder what is beyond the borders of the canvas. I like to paint natural people/objects in natural surroundings…environments that are special to them, with minimal posing and no pretense.”

Biography
Horton Works

Exhibitions

Surfacing 2012
Newfoundland Portraits
OSA Show
Passages Exhibit 2007
An Aesthetic Voyage: Paintings Inspired by the Journeys of Christopher McCandless

Clothesline, Fogo Island by Heather Horton

Clothesline, Fogo Island
2011, Oil on Panel
30 X 40 inches, 76 X 102 cm.
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Danielle
2011, Oil on Panel
12 X 24 inches, 30 X 61 cm
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Towards Trinity Bay
2009, Oil on Panel
35 X 50 inches, 89 X 127 cm.
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