Harrie is a Tucson-based artist with a BFA from the University of Arizona, where she was honored as Outstanding Student in Fine Arts. She spent 28 years teaching photography in schools and at Pima Community College before shifting her focus to painting. Though she began with oils, she now prefers acrylics for their versatility and textural potential. Her creative philosophy, "Seeing with My Heart," guides her work across abstract forms, landscapes, and female figures—inviting viewers into a world of calm, spaciousness, and quiet optimism. Harrie’s paintings have been featured in numerous solo exhibitions and have received international recognition, including publication in International Art Review magazines and prominent online platforms. She currently has a solo exhibition at the Tucson International Airport and was selected to exhibit at the prestigious Scottsdale Ferrari Art Week. In addition to painting, her creative practice includes photography, interior design, and chocolate.
Creation is where I lose myself and find myself again. In the studio, time dissolves. Acrylics become whispers of memory, pools of feeling, rivers of imagined places. I move between adding and taking away — shaping something unseen into something inevitable. Photography was my first language, and it lingers. Composition, rhythm, and negative space are stitched into me. Even in abstraction, I chase the hidden structure, the unseen spine that holds a story upright. My work balances the raw and the refined, the impulsive and the intentional, the seen and the deeply felt. The greatest beauty begins when someone steps into the painting with their own dreams and interpretations. I’m inspired by quiet, often missed places: the shimmer of oil on water, bruised rust, the erosion of wood, the fleeting shadow of a cloud. I hope my paintings feel like an invitation—to pause, to feel, and to recognize something within.
