Heather Mason

I have a background in both the arts and science. I trained as a painter at Winchester School of Art, then switched my focus to photography for many years especially when working as a psychotherapist.

Recently, since retiring, I have restarted my painting practice and studio. I am in the process of returning to the themes which interested me during my degree and beyond: big questions relating to the nature of life, humanity, beginnings and endings, the origins of life and the universe, and fundamental principles. I have repeatedly been drawn to ideas around liminal space, the boundary and the abject. I find body morphology and development, cell structure, the microscopic intriguing and morphology and topology of landscapes fascinating. This is my way of understanding the world and I find that my mind switches focus between these ideas continuously as I paint.

More recently I have been captivated by water with a fixation on reflections in water and the nature of the water surface i.e. the ripples and movement. This is mirrored in my process of application of paint and media and indeed choice of substrate, whereby I constantly endeavour to reach a place which somehow simulates the transitional, dynamic structure of the wave.

BA Fine Art (Painting) 2006 - 2009 Winchester School of Art.

2009 ‘On Essence’ The Rag Factory, London
2009 Ten Days at the Laundry
2011 Pallant House Gallery, Chichester Open

Group exhibitions
2023 ‘Enough to see’ Open call, Bevere Art Gallery, Worcester
2023 Worcestershire Open Studios, The Artery Gallery, Worcester
2025 ‘Natural World’, Artlandish, Hereford
2025 ‘Wild Landscapes’, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
2025 ‘Surf and Turf’ Badger in the Wall gallery, Clapham, Yorkshire
2025 “Paper’ Nook, Kingsheath, Birmingham
2025 English Riveria Open, Artizan Gallery, Torquay