limited edition print on matte paper. 5x5 inches. Each limited edition print is numbered and signed.

Heidi’s most recent collection-in-progress, entitled Desert Dreamland, is a meditation on new life and loss amidst a chaotic and yet still beautiful world. The first half of works were created early on in her first pregnancy in Tucson, Arizona. The colors and movement of these early work reflect the anxious excitement and joy of seeing the first heartbeat and anticipating new life. After suffering a miscarriage on the cusp of her second trimester, she decided to revisit the series and add a chapter exploring loss amid dwindling options for all women seeking reproductive services based on their needs, hopes for the future, and health. These pieces are referred to as “sunset goodbyes” and reflect a more muted, darker palette and incorporate repurposed and torn up older works collaged together to represent finding new life in dashed plans.

As of December 2022, I’ll be adding this design to my art that gives back section and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to Aaliyah in Action.

Aaliyah in Action provides women, birthing people and families comfort as they take steps toward healing after the loss of their baby. Walking out of the hospital, empty handed, a shell of your former self, can be debilitating. Aaliyah in Action seeks to provide one of the first steps in the healing process after perinatal loss, neonatal loss or infant death. One of the hardest, yet most important, elements to beginning this healing process is self-care.