“Heather Stivison’s “We Are All Exploding Stars” creates its own internal cosmology, manifesting personal constellations of the artist’s own making. Within this cosmology arise organic building blocks, and the Creator is the Mother — humanity takes responsibility for the well-being of the universe in this painting — the Creator is none other than ourselves, a bit of the divine carried as a seed within the depth of the womb. The artist assures us that within our universal memory, is the key to the beginning, and that these seeds of awareness are ours to sow."
-Art Critic Marjorie Kaye, Artscope Magazine, New England’s Culture Magazine, July/August 2023

“The magic of the work lies in Stivison’s ability to create worlds that are at once primordial and prescient, while using abstraction to speak to abstract ideas of our place and responsibility within the universe. . . Her work crosses boundaries between disciplines, in particular between her life-long passions for art and science”
— Independent Curator Kathy Imlay, New York and Washington

“Much of her imagery, although clearly rooted in reality, flirts with the abstract. It is that nexus in between the two poles where she is most comfortable as an artist. In this space of visual disruption, she opens herself up to the possibility of different narratives than simple observation might deliver.”
— Art Critic Don Wilkinson, The Standard Times, New Bedford, MA

“....artist Heather Stivison invites the viewer in for a closer look to appreciate both the array of mark making and complexity of subject matter in contrast to the simplicity of the pencil used to create it.”
— The Bristol Art Museum

“[Stivison’s}…charcoal drawing is exceptional. The handling of the medium, gesture, style and the draftsmanship made this a standout..”
— Natalie Featherston, Exhibition Juror and nationally represented artist

“To say she is a human dynamo is an absolute understatement.”
— Ron Fortier, The South Coast Artist Index