Heather Angelika Dooley is a local artist hailing originally from South Florida and has lived in Durham, NC since June 2007. She is currently a student at an all women’s liberal art college, studying and seeking a degree in Creative Writing. Beyond being an artist, she is also a writer/poet who is currently awaiting her third book to release to bookstore shelves in March 2010. Time Heals All Swoons is her third title and is in production at her publisher’s office at this moment in time. You will notice that some of the subject matter of her paintings are connected with, and compliment, this title like magic.

In Heather Angelika’s latest pieces, you can see her former art experience, and other trades, make their way onto the canvas. She was once a scenic artist who built things for Universal Studios, Foxwood Casinos, the Grossology traveling exhibit, and Busch Gardens, just to name a few. She was also a screen-printer and a tattoo artist, so she mixes a playful retro style with that of new school flash. She doesn’t pigeonhole herself into one style or approach of artwork, and everything in this series has a bit of a kittenish edge, even if the intrinsic message is more abstruse than meets the eye. Her next series may completely stray from this style and be the total inverse of the one you see on display now. Heather Angelika is constantly evolving and taking U-turns to find different regions to feel inspired —some simpler than others, as we see in this showcase.

Heather Angelika has a hand (or both hands, rather) in just about every creative and artistic medium there is. She writes, paints, draws, enjoys photography, screen-printing, building, crafting, making jewelry, home restoration, and refurbishes threadbare furniture she finds along the side of the road into collectible gems. She is the owner of KIDeidoscope Designs, which specializes in themed children’s bedrooms and playrooms. She is also a dancer, and spent over half her life dancing in companies, as well as was a DJ for many years in clubs. Presently she works at Red Beret Designs, LLC, as the local graphic designer, Claire Doyle’s, personal assistant.

A portion of all art sales will be donated to arts related organizations or a non-profit of the artist's choice. This month's artist has chosen Haiti’s Disaster Relief Fund – Yele’s Earthquake Fund – as the recipient.