Heather Hund (b. 1983) is an abstract artist living and working in San Francisco.

She holds an MBA from Stanford and an MA in Art History from Oxford, where she studied the painters who inspire her work, including Helen Frankenthaler, Cy Twombly and Grace Hartigan. She began her career at Goldman Sachs, where she took painting classes at night before returning to the office.

Today, she is a mother, an artist – and works with VC-backed startups and technology companies in the Bay Area.  While she lives in San Francisco, she also spends time in Taos, New Mexico.

from the artist

“Art is about dipping into the ocean of our subconscious. When I paint, it is a journey into things that lie beneath the surface.”

“My work aims to capture moments of aliveness that take us out of ourselves, even for a second. Standing on a cliff over an impossibly blue ocean, waves crashing. The feeling of a small hand in yours. Wandering through giant redwoods, rays of sunlight illuminating the greens of the forest. Watching your kids running with the joy of being alive. Looking up into an extravagant blue sky. Noticing how foggy days make flowers exceptionally bright.”

“Our best moments happen in the chaos of life. Through details, color and expressive marks, my art attempts to express that there is beauty in all of the extravagant messiness of the present moment. My art is an attempt to deconstruct the narrative that we need to figure out life or achieve milestones to find contentment and happiness.  All we have to do: pause and look. There is beauty in whatever is happening right now."

“Motherhood was one of the most inspirational things to happen in my life. The freedom I see in my kids’ approaches to the world (and art) is something I try to capture in my work. As Picasso said, “It took me four years to paint like Raphael and a lifetime to paint like a child.”