Allison Heady

A digital portrait of a woman with light skin, short teal hair with red highlights, and round glasses. She wears a blue top and gazes directly at the viewer with a confident expression. Her fist is partially raised in the foreground, and the background is a swirl of dark purples and blacks.

Allison is a drawer, printmaker, book artist, and sculptor. Allison Heady’s recent work centers on vividly colorful portraits. Her work is held in private and public collections, including Kirkwood Community College, the University of Iowa, the City of North Liberty, and the circulating collection of the Iowa City Public Library. She resides in Iowa City.

Instagram: aheadyart

Project Statement

These portraits were done with the Procreate drawing app. I sketched them during our interviews, and then afterwards I refined and expansively finished them.