-What is your artistic background?
I received a Diploma in Art and Design at MacEwan College in Edmonton, Alberta and have also taken many drawing and painting classes in San Francisco and Toronto. My artwork is on the covers of academic journals, books and publications. I’ve received a BC Arts Council award, won Best in Show at Sooke Fine Arts and the Winsor & Newton North American Artist's Competition. I am in the collections of the University of Victoria, Manitou Foundation, British Columbia's Children's Hospital as well as The Canada Council and British Columbia Art Banks.
-How do you describe your work?
I use oil pigment sticks as both a drawing and painting tool to create textured ethereal landscapes sometimes filled with figures.
-Who are the living artists you find more interesting?
I love so many living artists, but to name a few - Susan Point, John Marsden, John Felsing, Gerhard Richter, and Harold Klunder.
-Who are the no longer living artists you find most interesting?
I would say J.M.W. Turner, Edward Hopper, and Willem de Kooning
-Should art have a social/political message?
I don't think all art has to have a political message, but I think it's a very important aspect of artmaking and I salute the artists doing this.
-Why do you do art?
I guess I do art because it's always been hardwired in me even as a kid. I have a need to express myself and painting has been it for awhile now, although I've also worked in a number of different mediums. Writing and photography also intrigue me. But for now it's painting, trying to capture some intangible, fleeting force.
Heather Keenan www.hkeenan.com
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