Born in Melbourne Helen's love of the creative has been a driving force for most of her life.  Being self  taught Helen finds the wonder of colour, both intense and delicate, stimulates her senses and charges her  creative urges.  Over the last twenty five years she has thrived on discovering her unique approach to a wide  variety of subjects including landscapes, seascapes, florals, bird and animal studies, and the whimsical and 'alternative'.  Pastel, acrylic and watercolour have emerged as her most used mediums but she occasionally experiments with everything and anything and is fascinated at the surprising and sometimes pleasing results.  While Helen enjoys traditional and representational painting she occasionally tests her capabilities and pushes her boundaries into the more contemporary and abstract fields.  When she is not travelling throughout Australia admiring and painting our wonderful country, the magnificent Great Dividing Range, near her home, supplies Helen with a myriad of painting possibilities.

HELEN WITH HER LATEST AWARD WINNING PAINTING

                   ' WEBSTER'S SHED, KILMORE'

     Best Local Kilmore Content Award- Kilmore Art Expo

Time means nothing while she is working in her studio.  She has, at times, been known to forget to feed her husband (and herself), and often arrives back in the house looking like a multi-coloured ghost after pastel painting.  Helen enjoys the silence and solitude of her own studio space where she can experiment and paint without interruption.

During operating her successful gallery in Melbourne in the early 1990's Helen's watercolour and pastel series of Australian butterlies and flora proved very popular with both locals and overseas visitors.  The gallery showcased some of Australia's most well respected artists along with emerging artists in regular exhibitions.

Another of Helen's passions is writing and her children's books and stories have been published in the educational and media arenas throughout the world.  The thought of an impressionable young person reading and enjoying her words is an ongoing source of delight and accomplishment.

Helen has taught painting professionally and privately over many years and her commitment and passion for art is revealed in her involvement in a variety of art societies and committees:-

Member of:

AGRA  (Australian Guild of Realist Artists)                                         

Kilmore Art Society Inc (past Secretary and President)                                                                                                 

Seymour and District Art Society Inc (Exhibition Hanging Committee)

Heathcote Artists Inc

Mitchell Shire Arts & Cultural Advisory Committee

Kilmore Art Expo Committee

The many awards she has received along with ongoing sales of her work encourages Helen to remain focused on her vision and grow as an artist.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Helen in her studio