Follow the breadcrumbs...

Queen Michelle was talking about going down the rabbit hole earlier this week. In a more positive way I often do that with things I find on pinterest.

A single image can captivate me and have me following a trail of breadcrumbs until I finally find out who the artist is.

That happened this week with Canadian Artist Heather Murray and her tall portraits.  

Heather Murray is a Chatsworth Ontario, Canada mixed media artist who is inspired and driven to create. She exhibits, sells locally and internationally and her work is in collections worldwide.  A simpler world is her vision .  A world where good hearts rule She cuts pastes, paints and assembles what moves her and captures her attention.   Collage and assemblage bring out the inner scavenger in her, and she savours discarded finds and utilizes found objects in new enticing ways. Her roots stem from an editorial illustration background,

She approaches her art with the eye of a storyteller . Heather's paintings are a hybrid of past and present and her reverence for old photos in her work is a vehicle for giving new life to old imagery. Nostalgia, memory, loss, hope and a sentimental vantage point help her to create a story with her paint, scissors and canvas.  Her art has evolved from working in high realism as a painter to using found elements in her work to tell a story She lives with a variety of creatures who often play a part in her work…

Some sinister charming pictures and some chickens.

What else could you ask for on a Saturday.

Queen Marie

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