Creations by Heather Whitney

	Creations by Heather Whitney Booth Number: TBD Address: 955 west alaura drive Alden, New York 14004 Website: https://muralbabe.wixsite.com/creations Contact: muralbabe@gmail.com I am a professional artist and muralist and have been working at my style for over 20 years. The artwork combines a variety of techniques that I have studied over the course of years working with clients and whatever interested me at the time. For the small illustrations and paintings, I have studied illuminated manuscripts from the first century onwards. I love the overlapping colors and the combination of calligraphy and art. There is also the gold and silver foiling that many pieces called for in that style. Taking this technique, I crossed over to my other works, mainly hand-painted stained- glass windows and acrylics and illuminated the work with this. It brings another element into the design, a certain richness and elegance that appeals to me. I use a combination of heavy metallic enamel paint for leading the pieces, followed by coloring with stained glass paint especially formulated for glass pieces. A lot of the work involves drying the layers, over and over again, until the colors achieved are as I want them then layering yet again with multiple coats of clear varnish. A similar technique is used when chalk is applied wet to a paved or cement surface. The design is created at the time I am applying coats of dry chalk into wet chalk, essentially painting with it. Once dry, other colors are added to create the color combinations that bring the eye through the art, contrasting and melting together, making the piece energetic by teasing it out of each other with complimenting colors. I also study many of the impressionists because of their use of light/shadow/color to denote shape and action in a piece. This quality to a work, the ability to demonstrate movement and action through light has always fascinated me. I believe that it creates energy in my artwork that attracts the viewer’s eye and brings it continually around the piece of work. Heather Whitney 2024

Booth Number: TBD

Address:
955 west alaura drive
Alden, New York 14004

Website: https://muralbabe.wixsite.com/creations

I am a professional artist and muralist and have been working at my style for over 20 years. The artwork combines a variety of techniques that I have studied over the course of years working with clients and whatever interested me at the time.
For the small illustrations and paintings, I have studied illuminated manuscripts from the first century onwards. I love the overlapping colors and the combination of calligraphy and art. There is also the gold and silver foiling that many pieces called for in that style. Taking this technique, I crossed over to my other works, mainly hand-painted stained- glass windows and acrylics and illuminated the work with this. It brings another element into the design, a certain richness and elegance that appeals to me. I use a combination of heavy metallic enamel paint for leading the pieces, followed by coloring with stained glass paint especially formulated for glass pieces. A lot of the work involves drying the layers, over and over again, until the colors achieved are as I want them then layering yet again with multiple coats of clear varnish.
A similar technique is used when chalk is applied wet to a paved or cement surface. The design is created at the time I am applying coats of dry chalk into wet chalk, essentially painting with it. Once dry, other colors are added to create the color combinations that bring the eye through the art, contrasting and melting together, making the piece energetic by teasing it out of each other with complimenting colors.
I also study many of the impressionists because of their use of light/shadow/color to denote shape and action in a piece. This quality to a work, the ability to demonstrate movement and action through light has always fascinated me. I believe that it creates energy in my artwork that attracts the viewer’s eye and brings it continually around the piece of work.
Heather Whitney 2024