GoldenBeltArtist-HeatherGordon

Abstract painter and illustrator
Suite 3-130

mail@heather-gordon.com

828-242-1027

Hours: Monday-Friday 12pm-5pm (guaranteed), weekends likely

www.heather-gordon.com (artist)

www.meridiandesign.net (web design)

The game is not what things look like. The game is making choices which accurately express one’s values through the organization of emotion and thought. Such discriminations often become questions of light, color, weight, solidity, airiness, strength, and so on. These choices describe who I am as a human being, not simply an artist, but a person with life’s experience working with paint trying to describe states of thought and feeling.

For this reason my works are abstract in character rather than naturalistic. I feel naturalism loses the focus I want to have in my images due to an abundance of superfluous detail. With abstraction, there is an opportunity to express who you are, what you think and feel with clarity and brevity.

My paintings deal with conflicts between emotion and thought. Rough drawn symbols become a type of shorthand, containers for concepts. Color, shape, line, and space become the setting for the conflict, a fighting ring where thoughts of what should be meet the reality of emotional decision.

Biography

Born in 1967, Heather received her B.F.A. from the University of Florida in 1990 and her M.F.A from New Mexico State University in 1995. She then moved to Asheville, NC and co-founded True Blue Art Supply. She has taught painting, drawing, design, and art appreciation courses in numerous locations from 1992-1999. In 2004, True Blue Art and its subsidiary Artpaper.com were sold allowing her to pursue her art and design career full-time.

In 2005, Heather received two commissions for paintings, was accepted for the juried show As If the Earth Mattered, and her work was reproduced in three publications. She also received an Honorable Mention in the Emerging Artist category from Best of NC Artists & Artisans. In 2006, Heather was a Contributing Artist for Words and Pictures magazine and participated four juried shows. Her work was also published in the William and Mary Review. She was awarded 3rd place in the Exit Gallery’s International Art Competition juried by Robert Thurmer.

Recently, Heather's newest work, 8-bit Classics, has appeared in SPECS, the Faux Histories edition published by Rollins College. In 2009, Heather relocated to Durham, NC where she continues to pursue her interests in art and design.

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Abstract painter and illustrator

Suite 3-130

828-242-1027

Hours: Monday-Friday 12pm-5pm (guaranteed), weekends likely

The game is not what things look like. The game is making choices which accurately express one’s values through the organization of emotion and thought. Such discriminations often become questions of light, color, weight, solidity, airiness, strength, and so on. These choices describe who I am as a human being, not simply an artist, but a person with life’s experience working with paint trying to describe states of thought and feeling.

For this reason my works are abstract in character rather than naturalistic. I feel naturalism loses the focus I want to have in my images due to an abundance of superfluous detail. With abstraction, there is an opportunity to express who you are, what you think and feel with clarity and brevity.

My paintings deal with conflicts between emotion and thought. Rough drawn symbols become a type of shorthand, containers for concepts. Color, shape, line, and space become the setting for the conflict, a fighting ring where thoughts of what should be meet the reality of emotional decision.

Biography

Born in 1967, Heather received her B.F.A. from the University of Florida in 1990 and her M.F.A from New Mexico State University in 1995. She then moved to Asheville, NC and co-founded True Blue Art Supply. She has taught painting, drawing, design, and art appreciation courses in numerous locations from 1992-1999. In 2004, True Blue Art and its subsidiary Artpaper.com were sold allowing her to pursue her art and design career full-time.

In 2005, Heather received two commissions for paintings, was accepted for the juried show As If the Earth Mattered, and her work was reproduced in three publications. She also received an Honorable Mention in the Emerging Artist category from Best of NC Artists & Artisans. In 2006, Heather was a Contributing Artist for Words and Pictures magazine and participated four juried shows. Her work was also published in the William and Mary Review. She was awarded 3rd place in the Exit Gallery’s International Art Competition juried by Robert Thurmer.

Recently, Heather's newest work, 8-bit Classics, has appeared in SPECS, the Faux Histories edition published by Rollins College. In 2009, Heather relocated to Durham, NC where she continues to pursue her interests in art and design.