Faculty Spotlight: Heather Graham

Featured image: Time is another river, (petit mort 8), 24 x 24”, 2023, acrylic on linen.

Faculty member Heather Graham is an instructor for Seneca’s Illustration and Art Fundamentals programs. She teaches classes focused on traditional media, life drawing, and creative development. Within her own art practice, Heather expresses ideas about time, memory, and the notion of perception.

Heather’s series of work, Time is another river, aims to convey a sense of fragility and the passage of time. This work is comprised of twenty-two images that share a sense of tactility, play and experimentation.

Time is another river 04, 2023, 24 x 24”, acrylic on linen.

Time is another river, (petit mort 9), 24 x 24”, 2023, acrylic on linen.

Time is another river, (Diana), 28 x 40”, 2023, acrylic on linen.

“Prompted by the Roman myth Leda and the swan, this series of paintings are reimagined narratives that reference the present. Reframed and recontextualized, the storyline is further transformed through my painting process. 

With emphasis on materials and the idea of process itself, elements of chance and alchemy give shape to details. Working on unprimed linen with water-based paint, details are shaped by the warp and woof of the surface material. Diluted pigment fades and blurs form, and irregular weave omits edges.”

Time is another river, (petit mort 5), 24 x 24”, 2023, acrylic on linen /wip.

Time is another river, (Medusa), 24 x 24”, 2023, acrylic on linen /wip2.

Images courtesy of Heather Graham

View more of Heather’s work here: https://heathergraham.ca/