Heather Strong Brown is the artist and children's art teacher at HeatherThymeArt in Spokane Valley. She works in watercolor, acrylic and oil paints. Her work is heavily influenced by the natural beauty around her as well as her faith.
Heather grew up in LaCrescenta, California with parents who were very supportive of her artistic nature. As a child, she would spend hours creating with any materials she could get her little hands on, including self-portraits on tissues. As a teenager, she took art classes in impressionist painting, which heavily influenced her personal style.
She began college at Brigham Young University as an illustration major, but quickly realized that having someone else dictate everything about her artwork took all the joy out of the creation process. She switched programs and graduated with a degree in Elementary Education in 2019.
Heather moved to Spokane Valley in 2020 for her husband to attend medical school. After having a few different jobs in childcare, tutoring, and even cleaning houses, Heather got her art supplies back out in 2021 after almost 7 years of not using them. She began painting again and named her business HeatherThymeArt. She soon realized she could blend her two passions of teaching and art and began offering children’s art classes out of her in-home art studio.
Now Heather teaches a variety of art classes for kids of all ages where she focuses on nurturing creativity and developing artistic skills and techniques. She gets to paint in her free time and sells her work on Etsy. She loves painting commissioned work where she gets to work closely with clients to make their vision a reality.
