"Life Behind the Bar" by Heather Arenas

“Life Behind the Bar”

oil on birch

14 x 18 in.

Available at Mary Williams Fine Art Gallery.

This piece was painted from a wonderful little pub that I stumbled onto for lunch while in New York City. The hand-carved bar and the staff of characters made for a very attractive scene. And lunch was good, too!

Heather Arenas’ grandmothers were both artists and her parents provided her with various art supplies growing up, teaching her to appreciate many forms of art. Today, Heather works in oils and prefers figurative work but she enjoys painting many different subjects. Her education includes a rigorous course of independent study reading many books on drawing and painting and taking workshops from respected artists such as Vadim Zanginian, Kim English and Clayton Beck III. While earning a degree in biology with emphasis on anatomy in the early 1990’s, she also studied art history and ceramics.

Heather is a Master Signature artist with Women Artists of the West, a Signature member of the Plein Air Artists of Colorado and Associate of Distinction with American Women Artists as well an associate with several other art organizations. She has received numerous awards for her work which helps others see the beauty in everyday objects, places and people.

 

Heather’s work can be found at the following galleries:

Reinert Fine Art, Charleston, SC and Blowing Rock, NC, http://www.reinertfineart.com/

Reflection Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, http://reflectiongallery.com/

Mary Williams Fine Art Gallery, Boulder, CO http://marywilliamsfinearts.com/

RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX, from March 1st through June 3rd, http://www.rshannagallery.com

Stoneheart Gallery, Evergreen, CO, http://www.stoneheartgallery.com

See Heather’s website for workshop and further information, www.heatherarenas.com


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Andrew Webster is the former Editor of Fine Art Today and worked as an editorial and creative marketing assistant for Streamline Publishing. Andrew graduated from The University of North Carolina at Asheville with a B.A. in Art History and Ceramics. He then moved on to the University of Oregon, where he completed an M.A. in Art History. Studying under scholar Kathleen Nicholson, he completed a thesis project that investigated the peculiar practice of embedded self-portraiture within Christian imagery during the 15th and early 16th centuries in Italy.

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