He asked the Hudson's Bay Company to include his work in their collection as a contributor to the history of Canadian wilderness exploration.

[2] A 124-page exhibition catalogue was produced by Museum London in 2013, with five essays, Arthur Heming: Chronicler of the North.

[3][1] Heming was diagnosed as colour blind and as a result worked mostly in black and white for almost all of his life, with the addition of yellow.

[5][1] His highly popular novels were only three in number, but they enjoyed great success in serial form and then in fine book editions from major publishers.

Biographical works include: Miss Florence and the Artists of Old Lyme (1971, local history); and Arthur Heming: Chronicler of the North (2013, Museum London exhibition catalogue).