Heather Powers is an illustrator of nature and nostalgia. She loves drawing things that nurture the soul, relish the simple life, and celebrate the everyday. Heather remembers gleefully crafting her first book as a second grade author-illustrator, an autobiography for a school contest.

Those first illustrations featured her family car packed for vacation, her decorated bedroom, and a cat she dearly wished for. These illustrations not only started her artistic journey, but won her an award and the opportunity to meet the real Dr. Seuss!"My seven-year-old self wasn't particularly impressed with meeting Theodor Seuss Geisel," Heather recalls. "I thought I was going to meet a real talking cat that day."

Here's a look at how far Heather's beautiful work has come since that second grade autobiography...