heidi pietre

Some people work out their tangled relationships, hopes, doubts, and fears in their dream life. I work mine out with a brush and oils on a canvas. I do not paint to send a message; my pieces are excerpts, pages torn from weird short stories, partial conversations overheard at a party. The viewer is free to make up the rest. The paintings reveal their messages to me as part of their process, not mine. Sometimes questions don’t have answers.

Born in New Orleans and focused on art from a young age, I usually drew while other children played outside. I was not raised in a creative household, but oddly enough, I found the promise of an art career at a local junior college. A BFA from the University of New Orleans soon followed. I am so grateful to have grown as an artist in a city full of creatives of all forms. I am currently living in Kansas City and am lucky enough to have found the same muse. To create in Kansas City is to create among friends, and I cherish the camaraderie that is the heartbeat of this city’s art community.