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Anita Heckman
@anitaheckman.bsky.social
Artist, printmaker. Monotypes, collage. Birds, patterns, night sky, spiderwebs, wings. Nature, reflections, wonders & wanders. Nonviolence, justice. Keep hope alive! Instagram: @anitaheckmanfineart Shop: https://www.anitaheckman.com/
Happy Saturday! So #bright that the yellows almost seem to be melting. Chihuly Garden & Glass, Seattle, 2017. #glass #glassart #chihuly #blueskyartshow #art #artistsupport #glow
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Life imitating nature. The Santa Cruz Beach boardwalk colors echo the blooming passion flowers. 🌺🌷🌱 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPink #nature #boardwalk #rollercoaster #photography #EastCoastKin #bloomscrolling #flowers #FlowersOfBlueSky
October 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Glorious spiderweb in front of my art studio door, 10/22, before Open Studios. Pretty sure Charlotte Jr. Jr.’s message was “I ❤️Anita’s art!"
🕸️ 🕷️ #spiderweb #spooktober #31daysofHalloween #cobweb #CharlottesWeb #artistsupport #invert #arachnid #web #eastcoastkin #nature #onlybeautifulthings
October 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Art-making keeps me sane! “Glow”- new #monotype inspired by the SF “Bouquets to Art” at the SF DeYoung. The garlic scapes reminded me of a blue & yellow macaw. 🌺🌷🪶 #BlueskyArtShow #Glow #printmaking #bloomscrolling #eastcoastkin #artistsupport #womensart #birds
October 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I truly enjoyed turning the Indiana map blue in this “homage collage” “Jazzed I.” Inspired by @SassyDivaDesigns Bouquets to Art arrangement, SF DeYoung museum, inspired in turn by Matisse’s “Lagoon” collage.

✂️🌷🐟🌺🌱🐠 #santacruzopenstudios #artscouncilscc #Matisse #collage #goldfish #JazzUnbound
October 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
See “Stepping Out” at my Santa Cruz, CA Open Studio, Oct. 11/12 & 18/19. Inspired by an inventive arrangement at the 2025 Bouquets to Art at the SF DeYoung museum.

🌺 🌷 🪶 🎨 #visitSantaCruz #floral #printmaking #monotype #bloomscrolling #bird #botanicalart #artyear #eastcoastkin #artistsupport
September 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We built a giant puppet! Mother Earth is 10' tall and she's got the whole world in her hands! There’s 4 more puppets… Unveiling 9.21.25 at SC Sun-Day. ARRT is building #hope and #community: defending democracy and working to save our planet. #resist #art #resistanceart #climatechange #nonviolence
September 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Lost Constellations 2: New! Highlights 5 constellations that are no longer recognized: Little Owl (noctua), Argo Navis (the ship), Pyxis- mariner’s compass, the giant swallow and hippocampus (seahorse).
🦉 🪶 🔭 #owlishMonday #sciart #birds #constellations #printmaking #drypoint #monotype #sky
September 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Magenta Orchid cactus. Makes me think of a punk rock star with three back up singers swaying to the music.
#flower #MagentaMon #coloraday #onlybeautifulthings #dailyflowers #dailybotanicalbeauty #nature #epiphyte #bloomscrolling #eastcoastkin #flowerreport #cactus
September 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“One-way colour tunnel” at SFMOMA: a long arched walkway #sculpture created by Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. Walk one way: it’s mostly black. Walking through the other direction & it’s a prismatic wonder!. #blueskyartshow #alternating #prism #rainbow #art #contemporaryart
July 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I got lucky in 2017 on an unusually sunny October day in Seattle at the Japanese Garden when the maples were in their most glorious fall colors.
#JuliArty #maple #onlybeautifulthings #trees #fallcolor #eastcoastkin #nature #artistsupport #artyear
July 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“Golden Orchid Cactus” My most recent #monotype, inspired by a colorful hybrid. In the wild, it’s an epiphyte or “air plant” that grows on the surface of another plant and gets its moisture and nutrients from air & rainfall. #Stunday #artyear #printmaking #botanical #nature #sciart #akuainks 🌺🌱🌷
June 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Basse Buller, The Painting Troll. Inspired by the nature he lives in, he makes his marks with stones, leaves, sticks…. in an effort to lead the humans onto the right path. —Thomas Dambo #sculpture, #SavetheHumans, #Filoli #California #trees #nature #BlueSkyArtShow #GetOutside #EastCoastKin #forest
June 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Ruth Asawa’s looped wire sculptures cast fabulous shadows. Go see the #SFMOMA retrospective featuring over 300 works! Learn more about her @sfmoma on Insta or sfmoma.org

#wallsonwednesday #sculpture #RuthAsawa #art #shadow #SanFrancisco #artyear #patterns #contemporaryart
June 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Love that the vase is hovering. #Vibrant flowers & #art at the San Francisco de Young Bouquets to Art: Orinda Garden Club (Mari Tischenko), inspired by Saif Azzuz’ painting “Lo’op’ (It burns).” His palette was inspired by maps of the 2020 CA wildfires. #flowers #botanical #painting #Blueskyartshow
June 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Loved “My Friends” by Fredrik Backman: a moving and very human story about friendship and the power of art. Both help us survive and can have a big impact on ourselves and others, even years later. The characters have troubled lives, but humanity wins out.
#fiction #booksky #art #book #friendship
June 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Just remembered to let you know: Both "Pisces III, Undercurrents" & "Clockbirds III - Turquoise-Browed Motmots" are back from shows if you're still interested. Details in alt. text. Payment plans are also possible. If you live in CA, you could come see them in person at my studio if you'd like.
June 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
“Guardian” This fluffy queen cat dared me to make a print of her protecting a neighbor’s sculpture garden. #monotype #cat #cats #sculpture #cactus #printmaking #artyear #tetrapak #art #garden #neighbor #caturday @Akuainks @speedballart #arnhem
June 1, 2025 at 4:14 AM
“Capricornus.” New #monotype #analogcollage with #beige on the spiral shell. Fun facts: goats have horizontal pupils! & in the Bronze age, this #constellation marked the winter solstice. #printmaking 🐠🐟✂️🌺🌱🌷 #astronomy #capricorn #sciart #zodiac #acoloradAyPRIL #flower #Artyear #womensart #collage
April 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“Mercurialosity” #sculpture by Michael Emery, at Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA. Originally installed at #burningman. The dome shape itself is gorgeous and casts great shadows. Then the sun shines through displaying amazing patterns on the inside. #acoloradAyPRIL #rust #metal #contemporaryart
April 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Golden Rat Tail #cactus. Great name for such a homely, un- #earth -ly prickly plant that has such beautiful flowers! #acoloradAyPRIL #olivegreen #botanical #flower #nature #onlybeautifulthings #photography #bloomscrolling #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin
April 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Pride of Madeira. This one resembles a giant glowing caterpillar! The base of each flower has just a bit of #magenta. The flowers spiral up like the lanyards I made as a child. #acoloradAyPRIL #botanical 🌷🌱🌺 #flower #nature #onlybeautifulthings #photography #bloomscrolling #invert
April 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Turquoise Puya. The flowers look almost plastic, but it’s a cousin of the pineapple, with rare otherworldly #turquoise flowers. Native to #Chile, seen at the UCSC #Arboretum. #acoloradAyPRIL #botanical #flower🌷🌱🌺 #nature #onlybeautifulthings #photography #bloomscrolling #bromeliad #sciart
April 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
April 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
May you have an uplifting day. “Ascendance.” A great blue heron’s wings are #lavender and purple in my 2013 #monotype. Sold. More art available at Anitaheckman.com #acoloradAyPRIL #lavender #artyear #artistsupport #flowers 🌷🌺🪶🌱 #birds #printmaking
April 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM