Heather Ravenscroft was born and raised in Maryland. She has always had an interest in art and enrolled in Shepherd University’s art program in 1994. She soon found that she was not exactly ready for college.
Heather left Shepherd and moved around. She worked in kitchens where she discovered that she was quite good at cake decorating. The calm calculated process was just what she needed to focus her energy. She found herself learning more and more, that in order to have a good end product she had to plan out the process. She worked as a cake decorator for 2 years.
During that time her older brother Paul suddenly became ill, and died. It was unexpected and devastating. Heather saw that she was wasting the time she had left in her life. She always knew she would eventually go back to school, so she did.
Heather attended Frostburg State University, she worked at the student newspaper as a comic strip artist. Together with a friend she developed The EC a weekly serial involving college kids, aliens, and a mysterious secret. She applied her talents and learned that she was actually pretty good. Heather Ravenscroft graduated in 2007, with a BFA, from Frostburg State University and moved to Atlanta, Georgia. She is currently working on a new series of pet portraits/commissions, prints and paintings.
