Art in the Stacks: Paintings by Heather Sayeau

 

During the month of April, take time to visit the library's "Art in the Stacks" space on the lower level to view a show of large-scale floral paintings in oil by Heather Sayeau.

Heather Sayeau is a graduate of N.S.C.A.D University in Halifax Nova Scotia. She taught Art in secondary schools before becoming an instructor in the Fine and Media Arts Department at NSCAD In 1999, where she taught Painting, Figure Painting, Figure Drawing and Introductory Drawing. She also taught Painting, Drawing and Figure Drawing in the Continuing Studies Department. She retired in 2017 and continues to teach workshops at the Chester Art Centre in Chester Nova Scotia and at the Lunenburg School of the Arts in Lunenburg Nova Scotia. She is represented by Trinity Galleries in Saint John, New Brunswick, The Teichart Gallery in the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, is a member of Peer Gallery in Lunenburg, N.S. and the Lunenburg Art Gallery. She lives in Petite Riviere, Nova Scotia and on Martha’s Vineyard with her husband Bill and their cat Jasmine.

ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Painting is my response to my environment. It’s what I do. Nature is constantly unfolding gifts of beauty which never fail to delight and captivate my senses. Some of my earliest memories are of gardening with my grandmother and I still can smell the lush sweet scents of those roses. The power of beauty is a benevolent force. Painting gives the opportunity to examine, plunge into and produce something derived from observation. Add to that the amazing of using colour and brushes and discovering what they can do and my life has become an endlessly fascinating experience. Even after a bad day I can’t wait to get back into the studio tomorrow.