Heather Beaton

“The creative act cannot be corralled into submission. It is forever free - the grand adventure in which we open our hearts and intellects to the possibilities of the moment.” - H. Beaton

Heather Beaton has painted the Canadian landscape in oil and acrylic for over thirty years. A passion for nature’s light effects and colour harmonies inspire her paintings of Western Canada and Nova Scotia.

In 1976, Beaton completed a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan, moved to Nova Scotia and began her artistic career. After eight years of painting the landscape plein air, a deep feeling for land and sky developed. This understanding is visible in her later studio work. Fine art galleries in Atlantic Canada exhibited her work for over twenty-five years including the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia's Art Sales and Rental Society Gallery and the Ewing Gallery in Newfoundland.

Beaton was also an instructor in perspective drawing for artists at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University and taught semi-annual painting workshops over this twenty-five year period, including summer plein air workshops with Marine painter Graham Baker.

In 2008, Beaton moved to Golden, British Columbia to fulfill he...

Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan (1976)

2016 Art Gallery Of Golden, 'Recent Paintings' with the Golden Art Guild, Golden, British Columbia

2004 Art Sales And Rental Gallery, ?Recent Works' with artists Simon Copas, Mauril Desbien, Cynthia Grove, Carol Pye, Renato Vitic and Chris Webb, Halifax, Nova Scotia

2001 The Sherman Hines Museum of Photography and Galleries, Solo show, 'The Nature of Nova Scotia', Liverpool, Nova Scotia

1998 The Ballroom Gallery, Solo show, 'Landscapes of Cape Breton', Halifax, Nova Scotia

1986 The Ewing Gallery, Heather Beaton/Kath Rutherford two person show, 'Landscapes of Newfoundland', Corner Brook, Newfoundland

1985 Emberly Gallery, Solo show, 'Landscapes of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland', Halifax, Nova Scotia

1985 Dartmouth Heritage Museum, 'Portraits' with the Citadel Group, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

1982 Zwicker's Inn, Heather Beaton/Graham Baker two person show, ?Landscapes and Seascapes', Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia