​Heather was born and spent her childhood in the West Midlands. After attending Wolverhampton and Chelsea Schools of Art, she spent her early career as a successful textile designer based in London and also working as a part-time lecturer.
In the 1980's she gave up teaching to concentrate on interior and exhibition design, also illustrating several countryside and educational publications.
She has been a professional fine art painter for over thirty years. Having led a fairly nomadic life, she finally settled in Scotland 15 years ago. She has had many successful exhibitions  in Essex, Suffolk, Shropshire, Wales, Cumbria and more recently Scotland.
"I hold my dog Bess responsible for a lot of my work. When you share your life with a dog a daily walk is compulsory no matter what the weather. We have many lovely walks right on our doorstep and walking the same route often, one gets to know a place well, the trees, gates, hedges and tracks.  But there are always surprises. On occasion the weather or season will transform a little considered place into something magical and inspiring. Every day and every season has something to offer. Of course, this is only the beginning, the spark of an idea to be stored away and mulled over until it shapes into something that feels right and results in a painting. This is the foundation stone of the process. The initial drawings, the stretching and priming of the canvas, the composition, the applying of paint, the failures, the alterations and the successes all stem from a walk."

This video gives some idea of the process at work.