August 2025 Meeting

Heather Graham will be presenting on August 12th!

Heather Graham is a Utah-based fine artist whose creative journey began on her great-grandfather’s orchard homestead in Provo. Surrounded by nature and farm life, and inspired by her mother’s reverence for the beauty of God’s creation, Heather developed a deep appreciation for the visual world. She earned a B.F.A. in Illustration from Brigham Young University, where she also worked for BYU Broadcasting designing magazines and promotional materials. After graduation, she pursued advertising and freelance art before undertaking two and a half years of classical training at the Beaux-Arts Academy, studying under esteemed painters, sculptors, and historians. Her education continued through workshops with artists she admired, and later through mentorship with J. Kirk Richards at the J.K.R. Academy, where her artistic vision came into full focus.
Heather’s career blossomed as she took on leadership roles in the art community, becoming the Art Director of Peteetneet Gallery and Museum and President of the Payson Arts Council. Her landscape paintings have earned recognition from the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society and the Institute of Classical Arts and Architecture. Alongside her husband, she co-founded Masterworks Frames, apprenticing under master framer Rett Ashby and running a shop in Orem, Utah. Heather continues to create and share her work, blending classical technique with personal inspiration, and showcases her latest pieces on Instagram at @heathergraham.art.


Artist's statement:
"I am inspired by the gift and miracle of life and the incredible beauty found in nature. Painting is a way for me to study the natural world in an effort to express the loveliness I see. I feel that there is poetry found in the flight of birds, the dancing movements of a river, light streaming through clouds, and shimmering sunlit trees in a field—all are subjects for exploration and joy. I feel that visual art is also like music in many ways and try to compose what I experience with rhythm, staccatos, crescendos, soft passages, and atmosphere. I am truly grateful for this beautiful world that God created."