Heather Johnson Reid

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I mostly paint in a plein-air style describing the play of light and shadow on landscapes and buildings.  Shadows create shapes with elusive details which offset illuminated highlights lending a richness to my finished work.  I find great beauty in the area of Cape Ann where I paint.  The rocky coast, sweeping marshes and variety of historic architecture found in our coastal villages are my subject matter, and the ever changing colors of each season are my inspiration.  Please see my Galleries for a sampling of my work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With my Bachelor's of Fine Arts degree from Massachusetts College of Art, and my Master's Degree in Museum Studies from Harvard University, I have a working knowledge of both the process and history of art. My Fine Art photography has been shown at Viridian Gallery in New York City, and my writing has been published in the book, The Lynn Beach Painters.   All throughout my career I've been fortunate to share my creativity making, researching and writing about art.

E-mail: HJRpaintings@comcast.net

Future Exhibitions:

June-September 2008 Illuminations Gallery, Boston, MA

June 2008 Art in the Barn, Essex, MA

           Featuring select recent works

 

Past Exhibitions:

May 2007 Sovereign Bank, Manchester

           Solo exhibit titled: We live by-the-sea

 

June 2005, 2006 and 2007 Art in the Barn, Essex, MA

 

2005 Manchester-by-the-Sea Arts Council

           Her paintings were exhibited at the 2005 Manchester-by-the-Sea Arts Council show, All about Manchester.

 

2005 Beverly Public Library

           Thirty paintings in her one-woman exhibit titled, The Play of Light. She also has had paintings in several group shows at the library. In December of 2004 and 2005 her paintings were included in The Beverly Farms Twelve, an annual holiday auction to benefit The Friends of the Beverly Farms Library.

 

Bass Rocks, Gloucester 11x14