Heidi Hereth has been drawing and painting all her life. After graduating with a Diploma of Graphic Design in 1971, she worked as an Art Director and freelance graphic designer and illustrator for many years. She continued painting and drawing and had many solo and mixed exhibitions of her watercolours during that period. Heidi became an exhibiting member of the Royal Art Society of NSW in 1980 and has participated in their exhibitions since then.
In 1981 she started teaching graphic design at Randwick College of TAFE on a part-time basis. From 1993 she taught as a staff member at the Enmore Design Centre till her retirement in 2011. Her teaching duties had an emphasis on colour theory and drawing in the later years. During that time, although she never stopped painting, her exhibiting activities concentrated on small venues such as local cafes.
Heidi won first and second prize in the Botanic Gardens Sketchabout Art Prize in 2010. She was hung in the NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize in 2012.
Heidi paints in watercolours and acrylics, preferring a transparent style. She is inspired by nature, particularly the sea, both above and below the surface. Heidi’s approach ranges from naturalistic to surrealistic with elements of fantasy. Her work is represented in private collections in Paris, Germany, England, Thailand & Australia.