Intuitive Abstracts
Inner world…merging with sensory experience…made tangible
Exploring and processing the everlasting journey of my experience of the landscape through patiently adding and editing layers of oil paint and mediums, incorporating found Cornish yellow ochre.
My approach is playful and intuitive, the colours and textures spotted whilst out in the environment seep into my subconscious and reveal themselves as I paint from my sanctuary of a garden studio in mid Cornwall.
I am also intrigued by patterns and shapes, in nature and in man-made structures, I am especially drawn to the gaps and space between objects.
I’m a seeker of quiet, still places and spend a lot of my time noticing, especially focusing on the edges, like where the skyline meets the hedgerow or the outline of Pennywort.
I’ve always been on the margins myself.
My most recent work is exploring the liminal space- that window before I realise I’m awake is when I often envisage my paintings.
West Country born, now in her 8th year in Cornwall, Helen started exhibiting after embarking on the intensive year-long St. Ives School of Painting ‘Porthmeor Programme 2023’ and has since exhibited and sold work in St. Ives, Falmouth and Truro. Her work is now in homes throughout the UK, Germany, Austria and New Zealand.
