Central to Mary Heebner’s practice is her interest in the numinous qualities of the physical world and their expression in cultural and natural forms. Her sketches and notations made while traveling on assignments are informed by the distinct mythology, geology, archaeology, art, language and stories from each locale, as she incorporates her unique interpretation of antiquities, landforms, maps, and water forms to create sensuous abstract compositions and artists books with handmade/altered paper, and water-based mediums. Her work is collected publicly by institutions and special collections libraries that include The Library of Congress, The National Gallery of Art, The New York Public Library, The John Paul Getty Research Institute, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Stanford University, Dartmouth College, Columbia University, The British Library, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Indiana University and Universities of California.
Mary Heebner is represented by Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Los Angeles, CA. Her studio is in Santa Barbara, California
