Heather Foster

Gila Square, Original Painting

2018

Artist Comments
This zoomed in view of a lake in the Gila National Forest creates a natural abstraction of bright colors as the intense blue of the New Mexico sky is reflected on the surface surrounding the reeds that have dried in the winter months.

About the Artist
Artist Heather Foster captures an enduring image of the West. She paints the dramatic landscapes and stalwart animals she encounters on her adventures to ranches and rodeos. Heather says she has always known she wanted to be an artist. As a child, she spent her weekends and summers riding the bus into Philadelphia to attend art classes at Philadelphia College of Art, Moore College of Art, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Over the years, she's moved around the country quite a bit and done many jobs - everything from driving a pedicab (a giant tricycle that transports passengers) to art restoration and conservation (for one project, she unstretched and then restretched a $17 million painting that would not fit through the door of the buyer's house). The one constant though, no matter where she lived or what side jobs she held, she always made space and time to paint. Today, she works from a home studio in Santa Fe, painting from thousands of reference photographs she shoots on her travels. Her artwork has been featured in the magazines Southwest Art, American Art Collector, and Western Art Collector, and published in the books Art Journey New Mexico and The Book of the Horse.

Words that describe this painting: landscape, water, New Mexico, Gila National Forest, lake, reeds, impressionism, landscape, nature, representational, acrylic painting, blue

Gila Square
Heather Foster
Acrylic painting on stretched canvas
Finished edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2018
36 in. h x 36 in. w x 1.5 in. d
6 lbs. 2 oz.