Heather Shimmen is both a painter and printmaker. She has held 19 solo exhibitions and been in over 300 group shows, travelling throughout Australia and internationally, notably 'From Kandinsky to Cornielle, Linoleum in the 21st Century' Cobra Museum, Amsterdam.

"My work is eclectic in nature and often takes the form of the linocut. As an avid collector Iplay with combinations of both the human and animal / insect world discovered in all manner of places, from perhaps the library or sometimes the real creature is discovered under a log in a bush setting."