Heather won an award of distinction at the Mainsail Festival, in St. Petersburg, Florida, in May 2009.
Heather was juried into the annual Gasparilla Art Festival in Tampa, Florida, in April 2009.
Nature Printing Society
www.natureprintingsociety.com
Founded in 1976, the Nature Printing Society is an international organization devoted to nature and the art of nature printing. This organization has been instrumental in Heather Fortner’s development as an artist.
“The Limu Eater”
Sea Grant Library
1n 1978, Heather wrote a book about Hawai’i’s edible seaweeds “limu” through a grant from the University of Hawai’i Seagrant Program.
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“Natural Impressions – Taking an Artistic Path through Nature”
Written by, Carolyn Dahl
A Watson Guptill Publication
The author selected several of Heather’s gyotaku illustrations to include in her book.
Natural Impressions
“Images of Nature”
Oregon Public Broadcasting
In 1996, the editors of Oregon Field report filmed this documentary with Heather demonstrating fish printing.
“The Art of Printing from Nature – A guidebook by the Nature Printing Society”
www.natureprintingsociety.com
Heather highly recommends this publication as an excellent guide to all aspects of nature printing. Contact the Nature Printing Society for ordering.
“A Gulf Coast Journal”
With Jack Perkins
December 2007, vol. 412
www.wedu.org/aqcj/2007.aspx