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Tom Heatherly is the Muncie Artists Guild’s featured artist for March 2021. Heatherly worked at Muncie Community Schools for more than two decades before retiring in 2011. Since then, he has been pursuing his passion for oil painting.
He has won several awards for his paintings in the past 10 years, including the People s Choice Award at the 2019 Muncie Artists Guild’s Annual Show.
Heatherly prefers to paint people, landscapes and buildings. His wartime experience also influences his artwork. Heatherly is a Vietnam War Army veteran who served in the 25th Infantry Division and the 101st Airborne Division 1970-71. He has created several paintings of soldiers in action from this time period. One of these paintings is on permanent display in the Yorktown American Legion.