Charles Heaney, 1897-1981

Education:  Museum Art School, U of Oregon, Harry Wentz, CS Price.
Collections:  Portland Art Museum, National Museum of American Art, Seattle Art Museum, Oregon Historical Society, U. of Oregon, Reed College, Museum of People’s Art, Kaiser Permanente, Huntington Collection, Capitol Collection - Salem, Hallie Ford Museum.

Heaney personifies the ”Oregon Artist” as a colleague and student of C.S. Price in his dedication to representing the simplicity of spirit of life in Oregon, rural and urban, landscape, portrait and still life, open spaces in eastern Oregon and  the farms and cities of the Willamette Valley.  With a background as a jewelry engraver, he worked in many mediums, but is best known for his oil paintings and his prints.  An active artist for over 50 years, he developed a broad scope of work including a well known oil of Mt. Hood and prints developed for Timberline Lodge during the WPA period.