Ms. Heather J. Kirk, originally from Chicago, worked for 21 years in Scottsdale as a fine art photographer, writer and graphic designer. She is currently working on a new series of wild beaches in black and white, while on a working sabbatical in the Dominican Republic. Her artwork has shown in Art Institute and Gallery of Salisbury, Maryland; dana Gallery in Montana, deYoung Gallery in San Francisco, Gammage Auditorium, Herberger Theater and @Central Gallery in Phoenix.

Traditionally drawn to color, Ms. Kirk’s first trek into black and white occurred as team photographer for a medical mission to India. “Following the Camera” won the 2002 Arizona Resident Award in the Small Monochrome Division at the Arizona State Fair, and “Boy From Bedag” showed at Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts, in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

On a Poetry Residency at Vermont Studio Center in 2005, with an Arizona Commission on the Arts Professional Development Grant, she worked on a black and white series titled “Forgotten Landscapes,” which now shares time at her exhibits with the colorful “Exposed Series: Flowers on Black” and “Flowers on White”.

She’s published writings in Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul, The Bible Advocate, Inglis House Anthology of Disabilities, Dragonfire and Bibliophilos. Heather’s book of poetry We ... a spirit seeking harmony for a world that’s out of sync takes the reader on a faith journey from pain and loss to hope and purpose.

Click here for Heather's personal website or contact her at HJKirk@juno.com