About TAL

Talese Heckler is a professional artist, designer and teacher. She has been teaching in the Seattle area since 1996, both privately and for Seattle Parks & Recreation, Alki Community Center, The Nature Consortium, Alki Bathhouse Art Studios, Normandy Park Arts, Billings Middle School, Whitman Middle School and Community Integrated Services.

In her early teens she attended pre-college design classes at Otis Parsons School of Arts in Los Angeles, CA. In 1986, she graduated from The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising with a degree in fashion design.

She has designed for local and national companies. Her fashion work has been seen in Details magazine, Seventeen magazine, Urban Outfitters, Zebra Club, Macy's, Nordstrom and Fred Segal. Her professional art work has been shown at Pratt Fine Arts, Starbucks, Panera Bread, Macrina Bakery, Circa, Hotwire Online Coffeehouse, Ola Salon, C&P Coffee, The Latona Pub, Dinabeans, Gary Manuel Salon, Normandy Park Arts Festival, Georgia Blu, Alki Mail & Dispatch, Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, Alki Bathhouse Art Studios, Windermere Real Estate, Wild Rose's, and Seattle Town Hall.

SAL (Sam & Tal)

Collaborative mother
and son artist team

TAL – Talese Heckler, artist, teacher and mother. She comes from a family of creative individuals and learned early on to appreciate the artist's need to create and share one's artistic gifts with others.

SAM – Thirteen-year-old Sam is Talese's most fulfilling project to date. He shares the family passion for art and finds inspiration for his drawings in the planets, rocket ships, monsters, nose pickers, toothbrushes, happy guys and feathered friends.

SAL – Tal and Sam collaborate on many things in life. The freshness of Sam's drawings gave Talese the idea of incorporating them into her paintings. She has been painting with Sam since he was 5 years old. Their combined style is unique and fun, just like they are.

YOU – Talese and Sam hope their art will inspire you to explore creativity. Maybe it will just make you smile. That's OK too.