Heather Horton Canadian, b. 1974
Biography
Heather Horton's work focuses on internal states, contemplative narratives and often has a personal connection to her own life.
Heather work has always been a way of bringing order to a life marked by quiet chaos. An unstable childhood brought out a self-reliant determination, as well as a sensitivity to mood and movement (that can bloom into hyper-vigilance and issues with sensory overload). These have always drawn her to the quiet, the bare, the overlooked. She’s trekked to (and lived in) remote, wintry, and occasionally dangerous places, where life struggles to find perch, where beauty is both fragile and indomitable. Her portraits and figures have that same tender distance: her subjects look away, or are seen from the back, or with heads above a surface we can’t breach. She interprets the world with a delight that never devolves into sentiment or emotional spoon-feeding. She invites the viewer to journey as well, to create their own meanings. As Heather puts it: “I do not like things that are given to me.”
Works
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Heather HortonFull Circle, 2026Oil on panel16 x 20 in
40.6 x 50.8 cm -
Heather HortonThe Quilt, 2026Oil on panel12 x 24 in
30.5 x 61 cm -
Heather HortonThe Shed, 2026Oil on panel40 x 30 in
101.6 x 76.2 cm -
Heather HortonAdrift with the Carraigín, 2025Oil on panel20 x 20 in
50.8 x 50.8 cm -
Heather HortonFelicia, Liminal, 2025Oil on panel12 x 12 in
30.5 x 30.5 cm -
Heather HortonFiligree, 2025Oil on panel18 x 24 in
45.7 x 61 cm -
Heather HortonFrom the Aerie, 2025Oil on panel24 x 18 in
61 x 45.7 cm -
Heather HortonJoshua G'R, 2025Oil on panel12 x 24 in
30.5 x 61 cm -
Heather HortonMaia and Electra, 2025Oil on canvas30 x 40 in
76.2 x 101.6 cm -
Heather HortonOf Cloudless Climes and Starry Skies, 2025Oil on panel24 x 18 in
61 x 45.7 cm -
Heather HortonThe Pearl, 2025Oil on panel15 1/2 x 23 in
39.4 x 58.4 cm -
Heather HortonThe Revalescence, 2025Oil on panel30 x 30 in
76.2 x 76.2 cm -
Heather HortonThe Step, 2025Oil on panel18 x 24 in
45.7 x 61 cm -
Heather HortonThe Sunfish, 2025Oil on canvas36 x 24 in
91.4 x 61 cm
