Heather Hanan (featured in Lower Level Gallery)

'The Kiss' Oil on Canvas 48 x 24 ------ Drawing upon a wealth of imagination and a highly developed empathic sensitivity that expresses itself in a diverse chromatic palette, Heather Hanan’s work is paradoxically playful and serious. Each work brings, on a superficial level, something for the viewer’s eye to engage with: figures hidden within the composition that reveal themselves only with repeated or prolonged viewing. It is not uncommon for her compositions to be multi-directional, a portrait in one orientation and a landscape in another. Deeper, however, is where the connection Ms. Hanan feels to her subject matter resides. Expressing connections through color association allows her to muse on weightier concerns about family, society, gender roles and individual significance, to name a few of her themes. In her mind’s eye, what she paints is what is there: subject, aura and presence. Heather Hanan has shown in numerous group and solo exhibits throughout northern California, receiving numerous accolades for her endeavors. Her work is in held in private collections throughout the US.