Heather Gabriel Smith is an artist and a cartographer. She lives in Antigonish, Nova Scotia: her hometown and the subject of most of her art. Her primary medium is woodcut printmaking, but she also makes oil paintings and hand drawn maps.
Heather studied fine art at Queen's University and cartography at the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS NSCC). In addition to being an artist, she works for the software company Esri, where she writes tutorials about mapping. She has lived in British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba, the Annapolis Valley, and Southern California.
Heather studied fine art at Queen's University and cartography at the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS NSCC). In addition to being an artist, she works for the software company Esri, where she writes tutorials about mapping. She has lived in British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba, the Annapolis Valley, and Southern California.
