Heather's Art Classes

Heather Connole is a self-taught Impressionist oil painter with 17  years of experience. Her colorful paintings inspire happiness and her bold brush strokes create movement in her works. Her distinctive personal style emanates joy and peace. Picturesque landscapes, portraits, animals and flowers, are all brought to life with contrasting and harmonious colors and bold compositions.
  She is a member of the Baton Rouge and Manassas Art Guild. Heather is currently represented at the
Elizabethan Gallery in Baton Rouge, LA., Art and Curios, Calabash, NC., and Behold Custom Art and
Framing Bay St. Louis, MS. She was contracted as an artist in residency to teach art classes at retirement
homes and middle schools by the Manship Theatre and The Baton Rouge Arts Council. She is certified to
be a Talented Art Assesor for the state of Louisiana and would help with portfolio prep for ages 6-17 for
Talented Art programs. Heather’s artwork was featured in “Town Favorites,” “Coastal Living” and
“Country Roads” magazines. She also has artwork that has been rented for movies filmed in Baton
Rouge.

 She Opened up her own studio in 2017 and began to teach kids and adults basic to advanced drawing and painting.
She would set up art shows for her students around Baton Rouge and teach them about the business
side of the art world, hoping to inspire and build confidence in all her students. She recently moved back
to VA in her hometown in 2022 after living in Louisiana for 16 years. Heather is currently teaching paint and sip
classes at wineries and is an art instructor at a privately owned school in the Chantilly and Fairfax area.  Since her move Heather has done Artist in Residencies at elementary schools and retirement homes around the NOVA area.