 Heather Greene was born in Chester, California in 1981 and was an artist before she could remember.
When junior high approached she took every creative elective possible, but the small town school didn't offer much. Art was
only available in college courses. An amazing amount of growth happened to her during this time. The older students gave her
competition that motivated her to learn and advance her skills in every medium she could get her hands on. Heather developed
her drawing skills using different grades of graphite and developed new techniques using pen and ink. She learned how to work
with Pastels, Prismacolor Pencils, Nu-pastels, Acrylics and Watercolors. Her favorite since the beginning has been watercolor.
During this same year, she entered one of her watercolors into the "Reflections Program", a statewide art competition. Her
painting received best of show for the northern California region, and went onto state to compete again, this time receiving
honorable mention and an award from the state senator.
Heather worked at Northwoods Gallery for 4 years, and took workshops
from several internationally acclaimed artists.
Heather received a full scholarship to Brooks College of Design and graduated as a candidate
for valedictorian. She then became an integral part of "Kurianski Media Group", an advertising agency in Southern California.
She created media identities for many of their clients, as well as handling any packaging design, magazine ads, posters and
organized high fashion photo shoots. She created visual concepts for "next seasons look", and presented them for approval
to many hair, make-up and fashion companies in the Los Angeles area. Not completely inspired by urban life, Heather returned
to her hometown to be surrounded and influenced by the beauty of the area. Within months she opened her own gallery. The Greene
Gallery on the Lake Almanor peninsula opened in July of 2004, she utilized the space to show her art and to create more. The
Greene Gallery closed it's doors in March 2007. Heather's work can now be found at TheGreeneGallery.com and showing at various
locations in Northern California. Heather is currently motivated to inspire young talent and is teaching wherever she can.
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