Heather Clements

Heather Clements combines realistic portraiture, expressive abstraction, and elements of flora and fauna to represent a symbiotic relationship with nature and an ever-evolving dive into mental health. After growing up in Northern Virginia, she earned her BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2007. She began her art career in Panama City, Florida, where she owned an art gallery and alternative venue space for 2 years. After a short stint as curator of the Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, Heather decided to dive fully into being a full time artist, through paintings, drawings, murals, and teaching. She has been making her living from her art for the past 15 years. A 2-time major hurricane survivor, Heather uses art as a means for therapy and growth. Now residing in nature in Asheville, North Carolina, Heather is embracing creating the art her inner-most weirdo yearns to make. In recent years, she has explored creating interactive art, combining watercolor, paper-cutting, and playful elements like pull-tabs and spin wheels to create art that moves and reveals hidden elements. These have recently been published in her completely interactive book called “Pull Me Apart.” Heather has even expanded these into several large-scale interactive murals now featured across the country.