Advocate Art would like to tell you a bit more about one of our artists, Kathy Heaser. Her background is in art for films which has given her experience in many different styles. As a result her work is versatile and eclectic and perfect for greeting cards and art licensing. Read on to learn a bit more about Kathy or visit our website to see more of her work.

Kathy grew up in Wortham, Suffolk and now lives on a 70ft dutch barge on the river Thames near Kingston with her boyfriend, new baby and cat. This is also also where she works. Which is great in the summer but she needs gloves on to draw in the winter!

Kathy’s mum is an illustrator, and was always painting something for work or fun. Kathy’s earliest painting memory is of helping her mum paint the scenery for the local amdram society when she was 5. She did the white dots on the toadstools on the enchanted forest backdrop!

Kathy received her training on the job as graphic artist /illustrator for feature films.

Kathy’s artwork is eclectic to say the least, working in film has meant having to work in a large variety of styles, anything from ancient greek maps on leather to 18^th century caricatures, to medieval illuminated manuscripts, to 1960s psychedelic posters!

Kathy describes her self as an illustrator / graphic artist for feature films. ‘I create artwork for props in films, i.e the wonka bar for Charlie and the chocolate factory, as well as illustrating for magazines, book covers, decorative items.’

Her favourite piece of work was creating Willy Wonka’s Handwriting in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!

Kathy’s interests outside of her work include playing double bass (badly) in a bluegrass band, gigging occasionally around south London, sailing and pilates.

Kathy has a ‘ship’s cat’ called Rosie and if she wasn’t working as an illustrator would quite like to be running a dingy sailing school in the Mediterranean!