About Sally Heston

SALLY S. HESTON, O.W.S., P.W.S., W.P.A.

Award winning artist, Sally Heston, works primarily in watercolor, pastel, and acrylics.   Her work reflects her interest in a variety of subject matter including still life, landscape, florals, animals, and architectural structures.  Her body of work includes a significant amount of commissioned fine art and graphic design work as well as paintings done for pleasure.   Her career as an artist and art teacher spans over 5 decades and includes work experience in a variety of media and content in both public and private schools. She holds a BS degree in Art Education (cum laude) from Indiana University of PA (IUP) and a Masters degree in Art Education (with honors) from the University of Pittsburgh with a concentration in painting.   She has studied with many artists, including Frank Webb, Judi Betts, Don Andrews, Albert Handell, Catherine Liu, Cheng Khee Chee, Mel Stabin and Frederick Graff.  She is a retired public school art teacher with experience teaching in grades 1-12. After that she spent 12 years teaching at Virginia Marti College (now North Coast College) in Lakewoood, OH and currently teaches painting classes at the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center in Cuyahoga Falls, OH and for other art organizations in Ohio. She has also served as a workshop presenter at The Eureka Springs School of the Arts in Arkansas.  A signature member of the Ohio Watercolor Society, the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, and the Whiskey Painters of America, she has been part of numerous group art exhibits and has won many awards for her work.  She has served as a curator at the MD Garage Art Gallery in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and has had several one-person exhibits and her work is included in private collections locally and throughout the United States and Europe.  Her biography is included in Who’s Who in American Women.  Her work is also included in the book, Splash 8: Watercolor Discoveries, published by North Light Books.   Sally is a resident of Broadview Heights, OH, where she resides with her husband, Newt, and one small dog.