She painted for her own pleasure in the beginning but, over time she was persuaded to share her great sense of humour and characterisation skills, and has gone from strength to strength. The characters are often seabirds and other sea life - crabs, lobsters - that she portrays doing all sorts of naughty, comical things. This was initially inspired by returning to her tender, moored in the middle of a harbour, to find it contained empty beer cans, cigarette packets and the odd fish! Imagining Seagulls having a party at every opportunity and behaving badly in her boat while she was away was the start of her humorous journey.

Heather is also a keen guitarist and keyboard player and still performs in public in a blues band.
She undertakes commissions when time allows.