Heather Ritts

Laguna Niguel, California

• visit: www.abovethereefs.com
• social: facebook
• email: misshstudios@gmail.com

Freelance Artist & Custom Surfboard Designs

Take a closer look at the bright colors and surreal images that come from my imagination. You will find that I draw my inspiration from the sea, plants, and creatures and create a twist with some surprises in a lot of my work. As a graduate from Laguna College of Art and Design in Laguna Beach, California, I studied watercolor and received a Bachelor's in Fine Art with an emphasis in Illustration. My passion for art started long before and in my teens I decided to take my art to surfboards. Along the way I have painted many boards and fins, watercolors, t-shirt's and card designs. When I am not painting, you can find me creating in fun, different ways. This includes creating jewelry, hand-decorating chandeliers or candle holders and photography. If you are interested, I have originals for purchase and I am available to create a custom piece for a special place in your home.

My personal interests include painting, surfing, photography, making jewelry, and decorating tropical chandeliers. For the past nine years I have painted countless surfboards for shapers, surf shops, and personal clientele. I am a Foam Magazine Ambassador Pipergirl on their website to be a role model for women and girls who enjoy action sports and art. I have been featured on Surfline, been interviewed on Fuel TV, included in Longboard Magazine's Art issue, painted live at the Roxy Jam at Cardiff event with Linda Benson, and brought in by Warner Brothers as a featured artist for their annual Supergirl Event. I create designs for Coastal Classics and had the top selling girls tee for the summer of 2009. I have also been a part of quite a few live surfboard demonstrations for corporate companies at hotels and venues such as the St. Regis, the Ritz, Montage, Gladstone's Malibu, and the Grove.

Thank you to my family and friends, wonderful artists, and people who have supported my art through the years!

Peace & Plumerias,
Miss H