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Heerkens paints primarily in oil on linen stretched over aluminium and wooden frames, and uses acrylic and watercolour for works on paper. Her practice is driven by a search for space, drawing on the traditions of minimal and concrete art. Through systematic principles combined with intuitive exploration, she investigates how colour, line, light and form create balance, concentration and intensity.
In her own words, each painting arises from “a balancing dialogue between a line and the movement of colour,” where lines shape space and colours gain form and energy. On her canvases, precisely tuned colours align with grids and rhythms. At the same time, areas of unpainted linen keep the work open and spatial—inviting the viewer’s eye to move through shifting hues, lines and subtle variations in paint.
Her work is included in museum and private collections in the Netherlands and abroad, and has been widely exhibited across Europe, the US, China and Australia. In 2023, the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterloo organised a solo exhibition. A catalogue designed by Irma Boom accompanied it.
