Who are you and what do you do?
I am Heather Wilson and I like to do acrylic seascapes and pencil drawing
Why do you do what you do?
I just feel that I have to!
How do you work?
Generally I am inspired by being on the sea and I try to capture some of that feeling
What’s your background?
I have always drawn for as long as I can remember, then I did many years of night school doing ceramics, then a drawing course, then watercolour and now acrylics
What art do you most identify with?
Depends what day it is
What work do you most enjoying doing?
Just being creative
Describe a real-life situation that inspired you?
Leaving Cherbourg at dawn and seeing the sun rise over the English channel over a flat sea
Why art?
Why not?
What memorable responses have you had to your work?
I like it when someone relates to an image, for example I have just sold a sunset beach painting with two dog walkers silhouetted with their dogs and they felt that it was them in the picture
What is your dream project?
Ah. I am also a musician and would love to compose music for my own exhibition
Favourite or most inspirational place?
The sea anywhere!
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given?
Draw what you see and not what you think you see
Professionally, what’s your goal?
To be happy
What wouldn’t you do without?
My family
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