Heidi Peelen
2016
Featured on the garage door of Glass Wheel Studio facing Wilson Avenue, Heidi Peelen’s wheatpaste couple was one of the many projects to come out of the former artist studio space and gallery. Home to 13 working artists, Glass Wheel Studio incubated artworks of all media and was a proving ground for many Hampton Roads artists and makers. As a resident artist in 2016 and 2017, Heidi honed her craft in drawing, painting, performance, and installation art. A particular specialty of Heidi’s, wheatpasted murals used the traditional flour, sugar and water boiled to become a sticky substance used to attach paper to wall surfaces. Her pen and ink drawing of a young couple printed and applied to the rear of the building lasted for years after the studio closed.