Heather Freitas discovered her signature style during a time of profound sickness and isolation. For much of her life, she battled a mysterious illness that continued to worsen. Doctors and people around her dismissed her symptoms as anxiety, hypochondria or " all in her head ". Over and over for 25 years until she began to question her own reality.

She only continued to get worse and worse until one day, staring at a blank canvas, she decided instead of painting as realistically as possible that she would paint from the heart. Her emotions. She thought " If I am crazy, if I'm going crazy, if i'm not really sick and it is all in my head then maybe I can heal myself with my art since no one else can heal me." It is at that exact moment that she developed the style that she has become known for today.

The magic in it is that it did heal her. Her art gave her a voice. It gave her purpose. It supported her when she could no longer work for anyone else and she became a full time artist in 2019. It brought her an amazing community so she finally didn't feel alone. It allowed her the time to see more and more drs and have more and more tests until ultimatley, after 25 years she was finally diagnosed. She wasn't crazy after all. 

Heather Freitas was eventually diagnosed with Celiac Disease, MCAS, POTS / Dysautonomia, hEDS and Chiari Malformation with mild hydrosephlus. While these conditions are chronic and incurable she continues to fight every day to not only get better but help " heal " the world with her work.