Heather Roy - Artist Statement

In all my work I am interested in mystery – the mystery of human relations, of growing up, growing old, of our relation to nature and the deeper, unspoken layers of experience. Sometimes this exploration involves the use of figurative elements, and sometimes it is purely abstract.

Recently I have used mixed media to create a variety of surfaces in my pieces that respond to the media in subtly different ways, and allow for an interesting ambiguity between the figure and ground.

Using a formal, nonobjective approach to constructing the work, the end results seem suffused with a sense of place that is both familiar and dreamlike.