Artist & Designer
Woodlandia is a series of paintings started at the end of 2024. It’s a theme I will continue into 2025.
An original acrylic painting by Heidi depicting stylised woodland flowers and plants in a drinking glass.
Original acrylic painting on Fabriano Textured Paper
A2 420 x 594 mm / 16.5 x 23.4 inches
2024
Original oil painting, 2024
Hand painted on Fabriano textured paper
A3 - 29.7 x 21 cm / 11.7 x 16.5 inches
'Flower Pot' is an original collage comprising of individually hand painted elements, depicting woodland and garden flowers in a ceramic pot.
Original acrylic painted collage
Size A2 - 59.4 x 42cm / 23.4 x 16.5 inches
2024
'Wild Arrangement' is an original acrylic painting depicting stylised woodland flowers in a glass vase.
Original Acrylic painting
Hand painted on Fabriano textured paper
Size A1 - 59.4 x 84 cm / 23.4 x 33.1 inches
2024
Original painting by Heidi depicting stylised woodland flowers and plants on a bed of moss in traditional blue and white teacup, inspired by woodlands and Royal Worcester Flight & Barr ceramics.
Museum quality fine art print
A3 29.7 x 42 cm / 11.7 16.5 inches
2024
An ongoing series of large oil paintings of closed tulips, celebrating their form and power, which was started in 2021.
Oil on Canvas, 120 x 100 cm, 2020
(Tulipa Black Hero)
In-situ at Shibden House, Dam Head Equestrian, Yorkshire, UK
Private commission of a series of four, for a 500 year old house in Shibden, Yorkshire, previously owned by the Lister family. The paintings reference the Yorkshire rose, the rose gardens at the property and Anne Lister.
50 X 50 cm, Oil on Canvas, 2021
Private commission of a series of four, for a 500 year old house in Shibden, Yorkshire, previously owned by the Lister family. The paintings reference the Yorkshire rose, the rose gardens at the property and Anne Lister.
50 X 50 cm, Oil on Canvas, 2021
Private commission of a series of four, for a 500 year old house in Shibden, Yorkshire, previously owned by the Lister family. The paintings reference the Yorkshire rose, the rose gardens at the property and Anne Lister.
50 X 50 cm, Oil on Canvas, 2021
Private commission of a series of four, for a 500 year old house in Shibden, Yorkshire, previously owned by the Lister family. The paintings reference the Yorkshire rose, the rose gardens at the property and Anne Lister.
50 X 50 cm, Oil on Canvas, 2021
Private commission of a series of four, for a 500 year old house in Shibden, Yorkshire, previously owned by the Lister family. The paintings reference the Yorkshire rose, the rose gardens at the property and Anne Lister.
Pencil on Paper, 60 x 84cm, 2020
Pencil on Paper, 60 x 84cm, 2020
Pencil on Wood, 10 x 8 inches, 2018
Pastel on Paper, 59 x 84 cm, 2003
Nature has been my greatest teacher, especially where design is involved. My numerous drawings from life, of plants, has informed me about structure and colour and helped me understand how things fit together.
Oil on Canvas, 100 x 50 cm, 2003
Painting on a giant agave plant in Malta
Alkyd Oil on Canvas, 50 x 50 cm, 2003
Watercolour and pastel on Sugar Paper, 1988
60 x 42 cm
Oil on Canvas, 50 x 40 cm, 2020
Painting animals, and in particular, birds, has been a lifelong activity.
A large scale pianting, done as a private commission for a client in Dubai. 2010
Pencil on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm, 2010
Oil on Birch Wood, 70 x 50 cm, 2020
One of the first days of relative freedom, when the first pandemic lockdown ended, was a visit to Hyde Park in London with a friend and her son. Out on the water, the huge flocks of birds encircling us for food, felt menacing. It was a very hot day and the birds were glowing against the dark water.
I have occasionally documented some of my favourite landscapes over the years, as paintings or drawings but started developing this more in 2024.
Acrylic on Canvas, 120 x 50 cm, 2003
Awe inspiring rocks on a remote beach in Tasmania, which I visited in 1996, have long stayed in my memory. Gently worn into soft shapes over time, with a tideline which hasn’t changed for millennia and surrounded by fine white sand.
Oil on wood in artist's frame, 59 x 35 cm, 2024
Oil on wood in artist's frame, 59 x 35 cm, 2024
The portraits on this page were all done as personal work.
Oil on Board, 70 x 50 cm, 2008
Mick Small was the handyman at Battersea Business Centre in London, where I had a studio for 10 years. He was a well known character in the area.
Oil on Board, 70 x 50 cm, 2008
Mick Small was the handyman at Battersea Business Centre in London, where I had a studio for 10 years. He was a well known character in the area.
Oil , Acrylic & Pencil on Card, 35 x 30 cm, 2008
Heidi Sturgess
Acrylic and Graphite on Paper
42 x 60 cm / 16.5 x 23.6 inch
Heidi Sturgess
Acrylic on Paper
42 x 30 cm
Heidi Sturgess
Pencil drawing on paper
42 x 59 cm
Heidi Sturgess
Pencil drawing on paper
42 x 59 cm
