Mary Heffner
Floral and scenic watercolors;
whimsical calligraphy & sketches
Contact Information:
Mary Heffner
P.O. Box 737
Poulsbo, WA 98370
360-779-3418
Artist Statement:
I sketched and painted through childhood
and after raising children and retiring from Civil Service I started
taking classes in painting
techniques, composition and values. My first medium was oil, then
acrylics and at last use watercolors almost exclusively.
My calligraphy started in 1984 when my daughter needed moral support
while SHE took a class. I made tons of posters and flyers and
started
collecting whimsical expressions and poetry to sell. The watercolor
medium
worked well along with cartooning on my "whimsies"
The art instructor in my high school taught at college level; later
I took
classes from Virginia Hawkins at Olympic College, watercolor from
Toni
Nelson and Willa McKee and sketching and painting from Phyllis
Oliver, and attended whatever workshops were available.
It is important for artists to work and share with one another, so
in 1983
I co- founded the Poulsbo Artist League where members encourage each
other, provide occasional instructions, workshops, lectures and meet
weekly to paint together.
In 1987 Elizabeth Haney and I formed the Verksted Gallery in
downtown
Poulsbo which now represents up to 40 artists of many mediums.
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