Heidi Harner

Lafayette, Indiana

Artist's Statement

Having a life-long interest in drawing, Heidi Harner began studying watercolor painting while living in Colorado in the mid 1990’s. Since then her medium of choice is oil paints, doing both plein air and studio painting. Subjects of interest include horses, dogs, farm animals, and landscapes. Her appreciation and concern for animals was modeled to her by her mother, who helped launch a local Humane Society when they were living in Minot, North Dakota in the early 1980's. Her roots in the Great Plains of North Dakota have inspired her love for wide open spaces.

Heidi is an associate member of WAOW (Women Artists of the West). A BFA from Purdue University and her experiences as a professional art conservation framer have helped refine Heidi’s natural abilities as an artist.

Heidi is published in the 2010 Summer edition of "The Cowboy Way," and the Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 edition of Horses in Art Magazine. She is one of the women featured in GaWaNi Pony Boy’s book, “Of Women and Horses: More Reflections of the Magical Bond,” published by Bowtie Press, 2005.

She resides in Lafayette, Indiana with her husband, Brad, and their two amusing dogs.