“I never had any intentions of being an artist. I was a radio DJ, a model, a sound technician, and a manager of an independent record label at one point. Being an artist really never occurred to me, but happened to me all at the same time.”

At age 22, Tait left Erie, PA upon graduation from Gannon University, achieving her Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts in a record time of 2.5 years. She headed off to New York City, but she would not settle for long.

without rain, we would never grow

© 1997-2003 Heather J. Tait

Thirty states later, Tait discovered her voice through her art in Morgan Hill, CA after embarking on a volunteer project that closed months after her arrival. The project closing was for Tait, a project beginning, as the opening of Silence Speaks online occurred in 1998.

Now in 2003, the gallery contains over 130 original works and inspirational sayings by Tait. There are no sketches, just symbols of bold lines and color emerging a lesson learned within us all.