It wasn't the natural spot for art galleries but they sprung up, with Pat Hearn and Massimo Audiello in the vanguard. In later years, with more success, the Pat Hearn Gallery moved to SoHo, then Chelsea. Heilmann is still represented at that gallery. Heilmann's paintings are stylish and elegant in a breezy and informal way, without ambiguity. Squares and rectangles dominate her canvases.
Bold colors play against one another.
The compositions are simple in form and color, but complex in the feelings they evoke. On top of the yellow is a red outline of a square, and on top of the blue, a yellow outline of a square. The colors act musically, playing off one another. Heilmann does not skirt the issues, but puts them out there in a friendly, direct way. All rights reserved.