Heather Harrison

My fascination with art began at eleven years old when I fell in love with Vermeer’s paintings.
After training at Ravensbourne School of Art & Design and Central School of Art in the 1960s, I became a graphic designer. At first working on art gallery catalogues for Gimpel Fils, I then worked for Conran and other major London Design Groups. Painting has always been my first love though. In the late 1960s my work began selling through an agent in Chelsea, much of which is now in American collections, including that of the Pierpont Morgan family.

I paint either in oils or acrylics and work on any subject that captures my imagination, always based on initial observation drawing. My main interests are portraits, still life, anything nautical, plus the occasional landscape. Recent work includes a series of stylised flower paintings, with a strong emphasis on colour and design. I’m fascinated by plants and as both an artist and an avid gardener, am recently focussing on the genre of garden art.