Heather Harris, Author/Illustrator
Heather has six published picture books, The Swing, Clover and The Shooting Star, Five Hungry Mice, Cory and the Seventh Story, The Monster in My Basement, and Something To Sing About. Her picture book work has been recognized with a Moonbeam Award, a Purple Dragonfly Award, and a NYC Big Book Award.
Speaking Engagements and School Visits
I offer age appropriate and lively presentations tailored to different age groups focusing on the creation of illustrations that tell a story and the picture book creation process. For younger children I can include a participatory draw along or reading of my picture books.
Life of an Author/Illustrator
My presentations can also be tailored for older students or even adults who may be interested in the illustration process and would like to learn some of the trick of the trade as well as see work in progress.
Heather Harris fell in love with art at the age of five when her mother enrolled her in art lessons at their local museum. She pursued art throughout high school, but, like many artists, an aversion to starvation led her to pursue other interests in college. Nevertheless, she knew art would always be there, temporarily tucked away in a nice, warm corner of her heart. After school, marriage and the birth of her children, the time was right to allow herself to return to her art. She spent the next ten years experimenting with charcoal and acrylics, dabbling in oils and pastels, testing pen and ink. Through private instruction, workshops and a whole lot of practice, she was finally ready to formalize her natural talent by earning a Master of Fine Arts degree from San Francisco’s famed Academy of Art University.
She paints landscape, figure and portrait, but her favorite is children’s picture book art. She enjoys creating art that engages and delights children through the telling of a story. She has six published picture books, The Swing, Clover and The Shooting Star, Five Hungry Mice, Cory and the Seventh Story, The Monster in My Basement, and Something To Sing About. Her picture book work has been recognized with a Moonbeam Award, a Purple Dragonfly Award, and a NYC Big Book Award.
She plans to continue to create pictures and stories for children as long as there are children who love stories and pictures.
Connect with Heather on Instagram (@heatherharris.illustration), Tumbler (heatherlynnharrisillustration), and Facebook (Heather Lynn Harris Illustration Studio).
You can visit Heather Harris at her website: https://heatherlynnharris.com