Recent Work| anitaheckman.com | Fine Art | printmaker | monotypes

top of page

HOME
PORTFOLIOS
ABOUT
- FAQ, Process
SHOP
BLOG
CONTACT
More

Use tab to navigate through the menu items.

“Capricornus.” Horizontal image. An Alpine Ibex goat’s head with large curved horns faces right, and is printed on gold botanical patterned paper. Its brightly colored patterned bottom half /fish tail curves up to the left. The Capricornus constellation, a stylized butterfly-ish triangular shape, is in the top center, with the same patterns as the fish tail. The background is starry black and has botanical black patterns that suggest waves. An Archimedean spiral shell shape with twelve radiating lines rests on the left bottom, in front of the tail, with blue water patterns behind it and under the goat-fish. A large red Amaryllis is in full bloom in the foreground center, with small gold and silver leaf patterns emerging from the top. A small fan with ten of its twelve panels a coral red color, is in the bottom right, with the same curving leaf pattern below it. The far right side is the same coral red color. Original monotype, analog collage, 2025, by Anita Heckman. www.anitaheckman.com

A Little Owl is perched on the masthead of a ship. There’s a black starry sky. A large moon is rising behind the ship, and a seahorse is floating next to it. A giant swallow flies up toward a mariner’s compass. These five constellations are no longer recognized. The current 88 northern constellations were established in 1922 by the International Astronomical Union to make a universal pattern for astronomers. Original monotype and tetrapak drypoint, 2025, 12”x12” by Anita Heckman.

Vertical image of several constellations that are no longer recognized. Including: Argo Navis (the ship), Noctua - little owl, the giant swallow, Hippocampus (seahorse) globus aerostaticus (hot air balloon), quadrus muralis, lilium, triangulum, pyxis - mariner's compass, and a rose.

A large fan shows six months each of light and darkness during the solstice constellation of Cancer, with colorful patterns and twining flowers, a butterfly and a hummingbird.

Vertical image of two colorful patterned koi fish swimming in a circle in outer space with the constellation Pisces in the upper right. Two tall lotuses are on the right, with five waterlily pads.

Vertical image of the Aquarius constellation, surrounded by fully open fan, a pitcher with water pouring out, a waterlily floating, blooming pink magnolia branches, and dragonflies flying around in outer space.

Two magpies with outstretched wings that touch over a landscape with a curving river and twilight sky. In the front a planet-like shape is rising. It has the summer star Vega and the star Altair and a summer dragon on it.

A bouquet of red tulips in full bloom in a wide short white porcelain vase with blue branches and birds on it. A second vase with blue flower patterns on it holds one large blooming yellow chrysanthemum.

Many red tulips are blooming during the last light of day by a body of water with a canoe-like boat in the background.

Portfolio

Constellation series
Visit my shop

Thanks!

© 2020 by Anita Heckman. Proudly created with Wix.com

Santa Cruz, California Contact Anita 831.428.9454

bottom of page