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In June of 2008, I was in a bad car accident. The long-term effects of that -
chronic pain and disability - reshaped my life. I shut down my business for two years
in order to rebuild.
Half the Sky by Heather Keith Freeman
14"x17", pen and ink on watercolor paper
I've had to dramatically change my working style. Large acrylic paintings are now beyond
me, but I can do small pen&inks, and in fact have to to maintain my sanity! Art is not
my career - it's my vocation. I miss color - maybe someday I will figure out how to adapt
color back in - but I am still an artist!
I've also changed my focus. While I still do some work with mythological, fantasy, and
occult themes, my primary interest is now in issues of social justice: gender, race,
disability, sexuality, etc. Most of my work done in 2009 and since focuses on these and
related topics. My blog focuses on these as well, and contains
a portfolio of the
work I've done since the accident.
I have opened a RedBubble store for some of my newer work: http://www.redbubble.com/people/hfreeman. For my older work,
the paintings and few pen&inks I did before, I still have a sizable stock of prints, though I'm not
creating new stock at this time. If you're interested in something,
email me: the worst that will happen is
I'll get distracted and forget to write you back, but I won't be annoyed, I promise!
Liberty and justice for all - may it one day be true.
Heather Keith Freeman, July 2010
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