I met Julie Heffernan this past fall at a party she hosted celebrating the wedding of another painter, and was taken by her, the community of (women) artists who were gathered, and her painting over ...

Julie Heffernan's work provokes viewers to think about what they would do if melting polar ice caps caused oceans to rise. Baton Rouge area residents know about rising water from last August's flood.

Hirschl & Adler Modern announces Women’s Work: Beyond Craft and Convention, an exhibition highlighting the richly varied and substantial artistic contributions of creative women.

One day, Julie Heffernan, painter and professor of fine arts, got lost in the woods in Upstate New York with her baby strapped to her chest. Here, two paths diverge: In real life, Heffernan simply ...

When hurricanes Katrina and Sandy rained devastation along America’s coasts, Julie Heffernan sympathized — and then found inspiration. The artist’s work turned toward an examination of our natural ...

Julie Heffernan's paintings create imaginative fantasies dealing with real world issues. Artist Julie Heffernan's paints fantasies dealing with real world issues. Her layered narratives are rooted in ...

In the middle of the 19th Century, poet and critic Matthew Arnold prophesied that art of the future would be less about discovery than about synthesis and analysis. It took more than 100 years for ...

The first painting of this show came after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 demolished a historic Brooklyn neighborhood near Julie Heffernan’s home. The artist had been inspired years before, too many times.

Julie Heffernan, "Booty," Sept. 20-Oct. 20, 2007, at P.P.O.W., 555 West 25th Street, New York, N.Y. 10001 Julie Heffernan’s exhibition of 10 new paintings at P.P.O ...

Painter Heffernan’s graphic memoir debut, Babe in the Woods (Algonquin, Sept.), follows her winding path through fear and memory after taking the wrong turn on a hike with her infant son. Nature plays ...

Many of the surrealists left the mysterious landscape of the imagination largely uncharted, barely penetrating the frontiers of the subconscious. Not so Heffernan. She has painted herself naked, ...