R.J. Heller

RJ Heller lives life forward while keeping the past close. By letting words find him to tell their story, he captures moments experienced by us all and presents them in a unique and tender way. For him, life is and has always been about moving forward while remembering the past.

Born and raised in the Lehigh Valley, specifically Allentown, Pennsylvania, where constant motion seemed to be the norm. The love of the outdoors and athletics proved to be the drive, throughout the school years. A little bit of us is lost, if we do not stay active…

Graduating college and finding work, he married, and began a family. Two children later and a successful climb up through the ranks of work, he had an idea and created a business for himself, and as it turned out, a business which employed many others. To create something out of nothing is pure wonder…

A quick experience within the culture of “Corporate America,” the creative call came again. In following it, he abandoned the “box of business” and went back out on his own and formed a consulting business assisting others with their dreams of success. Life is a continuum of steps being taken, never knowing where ultimately they will lead…

During these “past” steps, a creative drive was emerging. Guided by a passion for writing, photography, and what people are thinking (music and books); they are now expressed in his voice. A voice filled with words and pictures. We take pictures to remember, we write to live…

Nature and the love of all things living is a theme that runs though out his work. Rick and his wife currently reside in a small coastal town in Downeast Maine. A sense of place, is where it all begins…