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A Short Biography: Heather A. Wallis Murphy Contact: Heather A. Wallis Murphy Biography:Heather is a Pacific Northwest notecard artist, watercolorist, nature writer and wildlife biologist. Her art education includes studies at the University of Washington and Wenatchee Valley Community College. She studied painting under L.A. artist Barbara Kerwin Wallis and New Zealand artist David Barker. Heather holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the UW in wildlife habitat management. Heather retired from the U.S. Forest Service as a wildlife biologist in 2005; her career spanned from 1974 to 2005. She is currently a consulting wildlife biologist. She was the autumn 2007 Artist-In-Residence for the North Cascades National Park at Stehekin WA. She presented "Wildlife and Art of National Forests" to the Smithsonian Institution's 2005 Folklife Festival in Washington D.C. Her monthly nature column “Wildtales Country Journal” ran in Country Pleasures Magazine (February to December 2003). Heather’s artwork has been on display in Northwest art venues since 1997 at over 30 collaborative events. She teaches various nature journal classes each year; in 2007 she taught for North Cascades Institute, the University of Washington's Washington Park Arboretum, the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust, and the North Cascades National Park. In 2006 she offered nature journaling programs in the Scottish Highlands. She has been featured in the traveling Inspirations From The Forest with the Smithsonian Institution (2006); in Women In Natural Resources magazine (Spring 2003); the Northwest Interpretive Association magazine (Spring 2002); and Greeting Card Writer online magazine (2001). Originals and reproductions of Heather’s artwork inhabit the Leavenworth Artists' Guild, Echs Cellars Gallery in Leavenworth; and the Jeffrey Moose Gallery in Seattle. She has had a naturalist notecard business, Walleye Cards, since 1997. Find her notecards, postcards, bookmarks and journals in many Northwest stores or at www.wildtales.com website. Heather attributes much of her success to her remarkable family and friends, above all her husband, Patrick Murphy. They live in Leavenworth, Washington’s Icicle Valley in view of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Artist’s Statement:“Influenced by the early explorer-scientists of America’s west, I mix natural history notes with my watercolor field observations. The blending of science and art is intriguing to me as a wildlife biologist. I hope my artwork moves others to seek the out of doors, remembering a special time or place.” – Heather A. Wallis Murphy
WALLEYE CARDS Email: heather@wildtales.com Website: www.wildtales.com Walleye Cards (where did I get this name?)
Wildtales (what is this?) Wildtales, my registered website name since 1998, comes from my vision of recording stories from the wild. Be on the lookout for notecards, journals, stories, and books to come from Wildtales.com over the years. Sketchbook Memories (what does this mean?)
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