Heather Harris
'You know what an ocean is?' 2021
foraged clay watercolors from Bonfouca / Liberte / St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, acrylic, ink, oil stick, and graphite on raw canvas
30" x 40"
'Ebb and Flow' 2021
foraged clay watercolors from Bonfouca / Liberte / St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, acrylic, ink, oil stick, and pastel on raw canvas
30" x 30"
'Ways of Knowing’ 2021
foraged clay watercolors from Bonfouca / Liberte / St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, acrylic, ink, oil stick, pastel, and graphite on raw canvas
30" x 40"
'Coming Home' 2021
foraged clay watercolors from Bonfouca / Liberte / St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, acrylic, ink, and oil stick on raw canvas
12" x 16"
'Breathing With Her'Â 2021
foraged clay and deconstructed brick watercolors from Bayou Bonfouca / Salmen Brickyard / St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, ink, acrylic, pastel, and charcoal on raw canvas
24" x 36"
Heather Bird Harris creates site-specific, abstract paintings that reflect the history of her home in Louisiana, one of the fastest disappearing landmasses in the world. Using found earth pigments, her work explores parallels between humanity and nature, our environmental crisis, and our past and present relationship to the land.
Heather graduated from Skidmore College in 2009 with a degree in Art History and Studio Art. As an educator, Heather also writes anti-racist history curriculum for schools in Louisiana, which is a lens that deeply informs her art. She has participated in multiple exhibitions in New York and Louisiana, and her paintings and commissions have been sold to collectors across the world.
Heather lives in New Orleans with her partner Josh and their two toddlers, Jade and Hazel.