About

Biography

At the age of eight, Heinze began studying under Batik artist Helen Carkin and won various awards throughout middle school and high school. During college, he interned at Pittard Sullivan, where he helped design set pieces for TNT and NBC and storyboarded commercials for large corporate clients. After that, Heinze was the illustrator for York Publishing before earning an MBA from California State University, Chico, and a PhD from Florida Atlantic University. He went on to complete projects for Disney, the NBA, Oracle, Simon & Schuster, Cosmos-Maya Studios, Applewood Books, Arcadia Publishing, and more. In 2022, he left commercial work to pursue fine art.

Artist Statement

I try to create paintings that capture a feeling of mystery, beauty, and melancholy - "to reach the unreachable, to discover the undiscoverable, to touch the divine."

 

Select Exhibits

"The Face" - Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida

"Yaaaasferatu" - The Werk Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Florida

"SKIN" - Art Institute of Tampa

"Collections" - Five Deuces Galleria, Saint Petersburg, Florida

"Resurrection" - House of Shadows at Kress Contemporary, Tampa, Florida

"Shades of Blue" - Five Deuces Galleria, Saint Petersburg, Florida

"Storytelling" - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida

"Unreal Surreal" - Five Deuces Galleria, Saint Petersburg, Florida

"ArtPHL" - Featured Artist, ArtPHL, Palm Harbor, Florida

"Drawn" - House of Shadows, Tampa, Florida

"Big" - Five Deuces Galleria, Saint Petersburg, Florida

"Nightmare on Kennedy" - House of Shadows, Tampa, Florida

"Black and White" - Five Deuces Galleria, Saint Petersburg, Florida

"Dia de los Muertos 3" - Atelier de SoSi, Saint Petersburg, Florida

"POP!" - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida

"Happy" - Five Deuces Galleria, Saint Petersburg, Florida

  

Awards

Best of Show, "Music to my Eyes" - Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida

Second Place, "LOL: Funny Papers" - Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida

Honorable Mention, "POP!" -  Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida

First Place, "Mystery" - Suntan Art Center, Saint Petersburg, Florida

 

Press

"Dreaming of Christmas" Book review, Osprey Observer

ArtPHL 2024 Interview

ArtPHL 2023 Promo Video