Artscape

  Pet & Animal portraits (connection with life and your favorite animal, buddy or furball)  I specialize in Pet Portraits and Landscape Memories in Pen&Ink or Acrylic paint. My work has a lot of texture to it and has been said to link the viewer directly to a fond memory and make you "want to reach out and touch it." I handcraft create each image from a photo provided by you. Email me for more info engleheather@gmail.com Blue , 2004 Oil on Canvas 20 x 16 in

     My work traces a path through memory, material, and the contrasts that shape everyday life. My materials are primarily graphite or pen-and-ink sketches that serve as inspiration and lead into acrylic paintings. I like to try everything I can get my hands on, combining whatever materials are available in the moment. In these modestly scaled works, my subjects are found in nature—landscapes and abstracted images of plants, flowers, clouds, and animals. I work from real life as much as possible, sketching energetically outdoors to capture the vitality of the images. In the studio, I can be found combining or overlaying imagery in jigsaw-like pieces of texture, color contrasts, and form.      To me, objects from nature symbolize growth, environmental sustainability, and the importance of seeing the world in small, manageable details. I hope the viewer recognizes something of their own journey and pauses along the way. I approach each project as an explorat...

Arching Palms , 2008 Acrylic on canvas 24 x 20 in Textured Trio , 2010 Oil on board 14.25 x 12.5 in Textured Trio , 2010 Oil on board 14.25 x 12.5 in Scent of a New Season , 2023 Graphite on paper 6 x 4 in Frond Friends , 2020 Graphite on paper 6 x 4 in San Nicholas Viewpoint- Granada , 2025 Pen & Ink 4.5 x 7 in