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HEATHER HELD | The Galloper
ARTIST | Heather Held
BASED IN | Canada, Ontario
TITLE | The Galloper
SIZE | 260x200mm
Victorian Gilded Flourish
MEDIUM | Ink, coloured pencil, watercolour, pastel and gold leaf on watercolour paper
PRICE | Not for sale
ARTIST | Heather Held
BASED IN | Canada, Ontario
TITLE | The Galloper
SIZE | 260x200mm
Victorian Gilded Flourish
MEDIUM | Ink, coloured pencil, watercolour, pastel and gold leaf on watercolour paper
PRICE | Not for sale
ARTIST | Heather Held
BASED IN | Canada, Ontario
TITLE | The Galloper
SIZE | 260x200mm
Victorian Gilded Flourish
MEDIUM | Ink, coloured pencil, watercolour, pastel and gold leaf on watercolour paper
PRICE | Not for sale
About the artist
Heather Victoria Held is a Canadian freelance-lettering artist specializing in ornamental penmanship and offhand flourishing. Her studio, The Victorian Pen, is found in a small village, St. George, about an hour west of Toronto, Ontario.
She has studied extensively with Master Penman Michael Sull and Master Penman Brian Walker. In 2009 she was the recipient of the Spencerian Heritage Award given through Michael Sull at the Spencerian Saga.
A long-time member of Master Penman Brian Walker’s Spencerian Review Study Group, CLAS, The Copperplate Special Interest Group, and a faculty member of several International Calligraphy Conferences, Heather served as the President of IAMPETH between 2013-2014. She continues to support IAMPETH on the Board of Directors as an advisor and as an instructor for the conferences.