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 completely to dedicate himself to 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."
Shows
2024 "Resurrection" - House of Shadows at Kress Contemporary, Tampa, Florida
2024 "Shades of Blue" - Five Deuces Galleria, Saint Petersburg, Florida
2024 "ArtPHL" - ArtPHL, Palm Harbor, Florida
2023 "Storytelling" - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida
2023 "Passions" - Five Deuces Galleria, Saint Petersburg, Florida
2023 "Unreal Surreal" - Five Deuces Galleria, Saint Petersburg, Florida
2023 "ArtPHL" - Featured Artist, ArtPHL, Palm Harbor, Florida
2023 "Sweet Death" - House of Shadows, Tampa, Florida
2023 "Drawn" - House of Shadows, Tampa, Florida
2023 "Big" - Five Deuces Galleria, Saint Petersburg, Florida
2022 "Nightmare on Kennedy" - House of Shadows, Tampa, Florida
2022 "Black and White" - Five Deuces Galleria, Saint Petersburg, Florida
2022 "Dia de los Muertos 3" - Atelier de SoSi, Saint Petersburg, Florida
2022 "POP!" - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida
2022 "Happy" - Five Deuces Galleria, Saint Petersburg, Florida
2022 "ArtPHL" - ArtPHL, Palm Harbor, Florida
Awards
2023 Second Place, "LOL: Funny Papers" - Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida
2022 Best of Show, "Music to my Eyes" - Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida
2022 Honorable Mention, "POP!" - Art Center Sarasota, curated by Danny Olda, Sarasota, Florida
2011 First Place, "Mystery" - Suntan Art Center, Saint Petersburg, Florida
Press
"Dreaming of Christmas" Book review, Osprey Observer
ArtPHL 2023 Promo Video