In “Delusions” and much of her artwork, Heather Weller explores themes related to the human subconscious through figure and still life paintings. She aims to give life to the inner world of dreams and nightmares. She is strongly influenced by classical art, drawing inspiration from the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Weller embraces risk-taking as essential to her career as an artist. She says, “Each painting presents the possibility of defeat, but in every failure is the opportunity for improvement.” Heller aims to push limits and question the conventional in her work. In the show “Delusions,” she brings the subconscious forward and gives life to things we cannot see or touch. Through the symbolism of objects and figures she merges reality and the inner workings of the human mind while exploring themes such as grief, fear, and uncertainty. Weller considers art an opportunity to question our perspectives of the world we live in and to “develop visual statements when words alone are not enough.”