Helen trained at the Vancouver School of Art (now known as Emily Carr), but was unable to devote herself to painting full time until 2002 when she began her career in earnest.  Following several years doing non-profit painting for peace and fundraising for Medcines Sans Frontiers (MSF) she began anew with her own career being privileged to have a patron, Rosemary Holmes Smith.

Much of her work is figurative, but she gives free rein to her imagination.  Subjects have usually been people or animals and the challenge has always been to catch an expression or evoke an emotion.  Realistic painting in oil is her current medium and style.

The original art she expresses ties yesterday's old master's Renaissance techniques with the romantic notion of beauty with the bittersweet.  These emotions are timeless and she attempts to help the viewer find their own subconscious feelings through her work.  A hare or rabbit is often included in her paintings to represent her muse. 

Helen works and lives on the Sunshine Coast in Pender Harbour, British Columbia, Canada.  She paints full time on a daily basis. In the summer, she takes a little time to sail the wonderful waters of British Columbia.

Solo Exhibitions include:

2005 Pender Harbour Gallery, Madeira Park, BC
2005 View Gallery, Richmond, BC
2006 Seaside Centre, Sechelt, BC
2006 Gibsons Public Art Gallery, Gibsons, BC
2006/07 The Liu Institute For Global Issues, UBC, Vancouver, BC
2007 Sunshine Coast Art Centre, Sechelt, BC. Event, Stephan Lewis Foundation,
2008 La Cabana Gallery, Sechelt, BC
2008 The Britannia Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008 Grenfell Gallery, Adelaide Australia
2008 Gallery 15, Melbourne Australia
2008 Sechelt Arts Centre "Classico"

Group Exhibitions:

2004 Harbour Gallery, Madeira Park, BC
2005 Sechelt Arts Festival, Sechelt, BC
2007 Sechelt Arts Festival, Sechelt, BC
2008 Sechelt Arts Festival. Sechelt, BC
2009n Sechelt Arts Festival, Sechelt, BC

International Exhibitions:

International Peace Resource Center (Castell de Montjuic).
Barcelona, Spain. 2011
Sechelt Arts Festival, Sechelt, BC 2010
Missing Peace Art Space, Dayton Ohio, April 2010
Grenfell Gallery, Adelaide Australia, February, 2008
Gallery 15, Melbourne Australia, January, 2008

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