ADAIR HEITMANN

Like a spinning chainsaw to the neck of every woman and girl, overturning Roe v Wade makes us cower and fear for our lives by not being able to speak up for ourselves about our own bodies and knowing what is right. It also enrages women and girls, it makes us scream out and confront the overturn. Yet, we are still trapped, paralysed, and fearful because we are being denied our human rights to think for ourselves and govern our own bodies. The face looking away in despair and the face turning to scream at the chainsaw of the current political system are the same woman.

Daddy's Girl

This lithograph is about generational silence and incest. With the overturning of Roe v Wade, even cases of pregnancy from the rape of incest are questioned. What????? How dare that happen, it is so wrong.

Unwanted Pregnancy

Without the right for a woman to choose and care for her own reproductive rights she will face the hardship and agony of carrying a baby to full term. Then having to make the decision to keep a baby that she may not have enough money or time to support and care for or to be forced into making a decision to put the baby up for adoption. What man has EVER had to endure an unwanted pregnancy for nine months and then be faced with deciding the aftermath. What man in the world has EVER BEEN PUT IN THIS POSITION?

I am a 69-year-old female classically-trained visual artist who works in printmaking, photography, and media arts. My printmaking uses traditional techniques of lithography created on large and heavy slabs of Bavarian limestone and engravings, incised into metal plates. Both techniques involve the fact that water and oil don’t mix, they are inked, and editions are printed on thick paper using a hand generated printing press.

While my art techniques are long-established, my subject matter is unconventional and modern. My work explores identity, gender, and self-acceptance. I don’t shy away from hard topics. While I grapple with intense emotions, I allow for nuance. Some of my most controversial pieces come unbidden from my unconscious, they come out of a wellspring of awareness in the actual act of creation. Others start as seemingly mindless doodles, that when I look into them further, I see great depth revealed.

I believe a picture is worth a thousand words. Simplicity of line, form, and function can evoke multilayered messages. There is storytelling in art, each of my pieces tells a story. Creating my art is therapeutic, it gets my feelings out there. I strive for my art to express personal emotions while sharing universal messages. I’m an advocate for tending to the wellness of the soul. My work is exhibited internationally and online.