Heather Boxall West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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I am a Fine Artist. I work mainly in painting and printmaking. My work explores colour and currently I am interested in colour charts. I studied a degree in Fine Art at Winchester School of Art and an MA in Printmaking at Bradford School of Art. I have worked in education for many years, both as a teacher and lecturer in Art and Design. I am currently an associate lecturer at Craven College.

My current practice is linked to colour. I work as a painter and printmaker, exploring references to colour in nature, texts, poems and artefacts. Colour determines almost everything we do. It operates on many different levels: visually, emotionally, cognitively. The sky, be it blue, white or grey, helps us decide what to wear. If a banana is green, yellow or brown it informs us if it can be eaten. According to neuroscientist, Anya Hurlbert, colours are linked to our ability to conceptualise, categorise and label. But we don’t all see colour the same way. Colour is slippery, mutable. It is our own personal possession, made in our own individual minds. [1] Anya Hurlbert on seeing colour, The Life Scientific BBC Radio 4 Interview with Jim Al-Khalili, Feb 2020