This is Heather Beadles - Legacy Portrait Art
From This is Oklahoma by This is Oklahoma
June 9, 2026 · 60 min · Episode 807
About this episode
The episode features a conversation with Master Photographer Heather Beadles about her journey in portrait art and the importance of family legacy.
On this episode I chatted with Master Photographer and artist Heather Beadles about her unique business. Heather started her journey to portraiture long before she picked up a camera. Being the fourth generation Oklahoman to grow up on her family’s 1889 Land Run Farm, family legacy is a integral part of her heritage. With a passion to encourage marriages and families, she studied Family Relations and Child Development at Oklahoma State University. After receiving a Master’s Degree in Counseling she went on to become a Licensed Professional Counselor. It was about that time that she was given her first “real” camera and the love of capturing faces and stories was born. For over 15 years Heather has been honing her artistic skills in composition, posing, lighting and color harmony. Over time her portraits have evolved from photographs into hand-painted portrait art. By blending the crafts of photography and brush painting, subjects are no longer stuck with an artist’s “interpretation” of how they look, and as a result her embellished mixed media portrait paintings have become highly desired by her clients. https://www.beadlesportraits.com/ Huge thank you to our sponsors. The…
People in this episode
Host: This is Oklahoma
Guest: Heather Beadles
Topics covered
- portrait art
- family legacy
- photography
- counseling
- Oklahoma culture
Keywords
- portraiture
- family relations
- mixed media
- artistic skills
- photography
Sponsors
Oklahoma Hall of Fame
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Oklahoma State University, Chickasaw Nation
Places: Oklahoma, 1889 Land Run Farm
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