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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Heather Horton was born and raised in
Burlington, Ontario, Canada. She attended
McMaster University where she received a
Bachelor of Arts in English literature. She then
went on graduate from the well-respected
Interpretive Illustration program at Sheridan
College. She has pursued her passion for
painting ever since. Horton followed her
dream and moved to the Yukon Territory in
2013. In the spring of 2015, she returned to
Ontario to help care for her mother and to
continue painting full time.
Horton’s work focuses on internal states,
contemplative narratives and often has a
personal connection to her own life. She paints
people and places
she is close to, and
is inspired by what
is often suggested
than what is obvious.
She has been
exhibiting regularly
since 2004 when
she joined Abbozzo
Gallery in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada,
and has had numerous solo and group
exhibitions over the years. Her next solo
exhibition is in September 2016 at Abbozzo
Gallery called What Dreams May Come.
Horton’s work can be found in private and
corporate collections in Canada, the United
States, Germany, Australia, New Zealand,
and the United Kingdom. A selection of her
paintings is now a part of the permanent
collection at the Canadian Embassy in Ankara,
Turkey, as well part of the Government of
Ontario’s permanent collection.
Horton has been profiled by Bravo! Canada on

a series called The Artist’s Life. She is represented
The Homesteader, oil on wood panel, 183 x 122 cm (72 x 48") by Abbozzo Gallery, as well as by Galerie de
I have painted Gayle in her stone house many times. The space beckons to be painted. The sun streaming Bellefeuille in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

in made me want to paint it through a sheet or some fabric. The figure looking away suggests some Represented by
mystery; the viewer can form his or her own narrative here. I love very centrally balanced or heavily one-
sided compositions. I wanted her to be almost silhouetted in the arched window frame. The dark tones in » Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto, Ontario,
my paintings are built up with a few layers, as I don’t do an underpainting and need to get that dark tone Canada, www.abbozzogallery.com
achieved through a few layers. » Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada, www.debellefeuille.com
Contact at
mood and excitement about the painting. brushes, usually all lberts. I allowed for www.heatherhorton.com

I paint in numerous layers yet pretty thinly. a nice edge if needed. I rarely stand while
I do not like to blend on the canvas but painting but prefer to sit. Find me on

prefer to use multiple colours of di erent I use a gloss varnish when the painting @heather_horton
tones to form the impact versus a smoother is dry. I work on one to three paintings at @heather_horton
application of paint. I use large and small a time.
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