Heather grew up in the UK and graduated from Staffordshire University with a First Class Hons in Fine Art. She has lived in Vancouver, BC for over 15 years, drawn here by the natural beauty of the temperate rainforest, the Salish Sea and the Coastal Mountains.

Her work has evolved over the years through different mediums including illustration, hand embroidery and needle felting.  The thread that runs though her practice is a focus on photo-realism and an interest in complex systems. Currently her work is focussed on the fungi and forest ecosystems of the West Coast. She works in a photorealistic style, which, she says she uses ‘as a tool to draw the viewer in, create depth and spark a sense of wonder’. The three dimensional quality she achieves using wool in her needle felts adds to this hyper-realness and brings the work to life, as if it’s too wild to be contained within the frame.