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1. Edinburgh Storm, 1991, intaglio etching, 17-1/2" x 12"
2. Roy 2, 2001, monotype, 8" x 10"
3. Self Portrait, 1992, woodblock print, 7" x 7"
4. Stirling Cemetery, 1991, woodblock print, 13" x 7"
5. Greyfriar's Cemetery, 1991, intaglio etching, 5" x 6"
6. Glengarry, 1991, intaglio etching, 7" x 12"
7. Reverie, 1991, intaglio etching, 6" x 9"
8. Roy, 2001, monotype, 8" x 10"
9. Tree in the Bridge, 2001, monotype, 8" x 10"
10. Dad and his M.G., 2001 monotype, 8" x 10"
11. Roy 3, 2001, monotype, 16" x 20"
12. Self Portrait 4, 1992, etching, 7" x 6"

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1. Lines in the Sand, watercolor, 22” x 30”
2. Welcome Home, watercolor, 22” x 30”
3. Surfs Up, watercolor, 22” x 30”
4. Tollcross Sunset, watercolor, 7” x 23”
5. Lion, watercolor, 7” x 8”
6. Dancer, watercolor, 8” x 11”
7. Repose, watercolor, 8” x 11”
8. Repose 2, watercolor, 8” x 11”
9. Still Life with Egg, ink wash, 5” x 5”
10. Atrium Reflections, pastel, 11” x 17”
11. Satiated, pastel, 11” x 17”
12. Forsaken, pastel, 11” x 12”

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Contact Information
tel: 610-733-3429
e-mail: Rubyslippers919@aol.com
www.heatherrippert.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
Whenever someone asks me how long I’ve been creating art, my reply is the same. "Ever since I could pick up a pencil." Since I was little, I’ve known that all I wanted to do was put what I see on paper. To create is the one true thing that fulfills my spirit. I have been lucky enough on my journey of creativity to have been encouraged, inspired, taught, and guided by some truly amazing people.

Contrast, drama, intensity, atmosphere and rich emotive qualities are what I strive to convey in my work. Whether it is a landscape, portrait, or an abstract expression, I hope to make the viewer experience how I feel about what I see. Travel, music, theater, books, and nature are just a few things that feed my creative appetite.

Among my visual influences are Vermeer, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Gianlorenzo Bernini, N.C. Wyeth, Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, and Gustave Klimt. Aural inspiration comes from Peter Gabriel, Sade, Mozart, Ennio Morricone, Judy Garland, Indigo Girls and many more.

There are three primary mediums I enjoy, each for a different reason. Pastels and charcoal offer a loose and gestured arm, great for larger formats. Watercolors are a give and take game for me, and often the medium itself dictates the end result. Finally printmaking offers a vast range of possibilities from the unpredictable monotype to the painstaking and tedious world of etching. I am not interested in being categorized as a certain kind of artist who paints a certain subject matter. I am myself a work in progress. Putting down what I see on paper is what I do and my desire is to move the viewer to feel.

Education
1992
Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
BFA, Visual Communications - Illustration
Dean’s List 1989,1990, 1992

1991
Junior Year Abroad, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland

1986, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000
Main Line Art Center, Bryn Mawr, PA

Selected Awards and Grants
1996
Mr. And Mrs. Arnold Rosenthal Award

1992
National Dean’s List

1991
All American Scholar Collegiate Award

1990
Ted Albano Memorial Scholarship

1989
Mike McGee Memorial Scholarship

1988
Board of Directors Award

1988
Who’s Who Among American High School Students

1988
Louis B. Yeager Memorial Scholarship

1987
Havertown Rotary Club Artist of the Month

Collections
Various private collections

Selected Exhibitions

2008
NY Art Expo, New York, NY

2007
Las Vegas Art Expo, Las Vegas, NV

NY Art Expo, New York, NY

International Hotel/Motel/Restaurant Trade Show, New York, NY

1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Phantom Gallery, monthly shows

2001
InLiquid Prints, Inliquid at DiPalma, Philadelphia, PA
Curators: Rachel Zimmerman, Bridgett Mayer

1986, 1988, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003
Main Line Art Center

1999
One Woman Show, 23rd Street Café, Philadelphia, PA

1999
Tyme Gallery, Havertown, PA

1994
One Woman Show, St. Paul World Trade Center, St. Paul, MN

1994
One Woman Show, Lori’s Coffee Shop

1992
The Bridge at Hiroshima

1989-1992
Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1991
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland

1988
Malaysia Art Exchange

1987
The Sunshine Foundation, Feasterville, PA

1987
Eastern College, St. Davids, PA

Other
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
Art For The Cash Poor, InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA