"It’s such a clever way of tackling landscape, to give us a focus of a shopfront. It makes you think of the Impressionists when they loved painting people through glass, sitting in cafes or bars."
Kate Bryon, curator and TV presenter.
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Michelle Heron (b.1980) is an urban landscape painter from Norwich, UK. Working in acrylic and oils she is known primarily for her paintings that immortalise the many threatened independent shops that make our high streets what they are.
Her work has been compared with Edward Hopper and George Shaw for her sensitive use of colour and light and the way her paintings capture the mood and emotion of a place. Her paintings have been featured in the likes of The Guardian and The Londonist and thanks to an ever-increasing following she is able to boast private and corporate collectors across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.
Heron’s public art has also been popular and has seen her transform a 'Bookbench' into a permanent art installation found inside Paddington station and paint live at the Olympic Park in front of over 15,000 people. She has produced several permanent and temporary outdoor installations which have been commissioned by various charities and raised £40,000 in total.
Michelle’s work has been shortlisted for The Lynn Painter-Stainers' Prize (2016), the 157th Society of Women Artists Annual Open Exhibition (2018), The National Open Art Competition (2016), The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (2017 & 2025), Jackson's Painting Prize (2020) and was a heat finalist on Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2018. Michelle has twice been a finalist of The John Ruskin Prize ( 2016 & 2019).
Recently, Michelle claimed the Regional Prize at the prestigious ING Discerning Eye 2024 in London for her painting The Waiting Room, with two of her works personally selected by the legendary art critic Will Gompertz. In 2025 Michelle was a winner of the Winsor & Newton x Paul Smith's Foundation International Art Prize.
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