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H.L. Groen, also known as Heather Groenstein, is an established visual artist and arts educator residing in historic Windsor CT with her musical husband Eric and energetic and creative daughter Sophie. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Art Institute of Boston and her Master of Arts from the Graduate Institute.

H.L. Groen was raised in the County of Hartford as Heather Stabile, being born in Windsor, residing in Bloomfield for her elementary years, West Hartford for her teen years, Boston for her independent college years and back to Windsor for her developmental adult years.

Heather has been teaching visual arts, with a |Holistic%20Thinking%5D%5D holistic approach since 2001 in Hartford, CT while continuing forward as a voice for arts awareness and received the recognition of becoming Teacher of the Year at the Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy in 2009. Along with teaching and creating works of art H.L. is an arts advocate and developed the communal organization The Libertine Collective, a group of creative and visionary thinkers in the Connecticut area that celebrate and support others endeavors. Currently H.L. teaches at the established Academy of Aerospace and Engineering.

H.L. has stated; "Creating art has been the one constant throughout my life. As individuals, we continue to change and seek truth in ourselves. My art is how I find my way; who I was, who I am and who I will become. I have surmised creating art is therapy and reward for the mind that requires incessant feeding."

H.L. creates art with myth, religion, spiritualism and freedom of the mind; infused with symbolism and sublime obscurities of her unconscious. She likes to think that her audience visualize and encompass their own stories - personal connections to the works. What they perceive may be different than what she had challenged herself to paint. "I feel that personal connection is the ultimate purpose of my art once I release it to the world".