I am a professional artist, originally from Gloucestershire, currently living in the National Forest area of East Staffordshire.
I specialise in alla prima oil paintings (painted in one session) either out in the landscape or from still-life subjects in the studio. My large studio paintings are inspired by sketches and photographs gathered on my daily walks.
Drawing and painting have been been my passion since childhood when I would sketch life on the Cotswolds farm where I grew up. Encouraged by my art teachers at school, I went on to study an Art and Design Foundation course at Gloscat in Cheltenham, a Fine Art BA (Hons) at North Staffs Polytechnic and an MA in Fine Art at UCE, Birmingham. I enjoy sharing my expertise with others and have been teaching art classes and workshops for almost 25 years. I also provide painting demonstrations and appraisal evenings for art societies and write regular painting articles and videos for The Artist magazine and their Painters Online website. My paintings have been shown in many group exhibitions and open art competitions (see below) and I have work in art collections across the UK, mainland Europe and North America. In 2023 I won the Parker Harris award and People’s Choice prize in The Artist annual exhibition.
About the Artist
‘One of the best still-lifes on show. Helen’s confident and experienced eye and direct treatment of the subtle variations of lost-and-found passages suggest detail without overstatement’
David Curtis RSMA ROI, judge The Artist Open Art competition 2023, responding to Still-life with Lemons, winner of the Parker Harris Award and People’s Choice Prize
Edited Exhibition History
Ground Level Solo Exhibition, New Court Gallery, Repton, Derbyshire, Jan 17th - Feb 13th 2025
Royal Society of Marine Artists Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London September 2024
The Artist Exhibition, TALP Open 2024, Patchings Art Centre, Nottinghamshire, Aug 2024
Land and Flora Solo exhibition, Prema Arts Centre, Uley, Glos, 10th April-25th May 2024
Broadway Arts Open Exhibition 2023, Theatrebarn, Bretforton, Evesham, 2023
The Artist Exhibition, TALP Open 2023, Patchings Art Centre, Nottinghamshire *Winner of the Parker Harris mentorship award and People’s Choice prize for Still-life with Lemons
Broadway Arts Festival Open Exhibition 2022,Broadway, Worcestershire
The Artist Exhibition, TALP Open 2022, Patchings Art Centre, Nottinghamshire
TALP Open Exhibition on-line 'Highly Commended' 2021, www.Painters-Online.co.uk
Prize Exhibition 2020, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham
Open Exhibition 2020, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham
Three Counties Open Art Exhibition 2019, Burslem School of Art, Stoke on Trent
Artist Tutors' Show 2019, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham
Prize Exhibition 2017, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham
Birmingham Today 2014, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham
The Open Project 2013, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham