Strawberry Tea

Helen Evans is a contemporary artist based just outside Brisbane, working primarily with acrylic on wood. Her vibrant, textured paintings celebrate both the natural world and the emotional resonance of everyday life. For Helen, artmaking has long been a safe space - a source of grounding, focus, and purpose during times of mental health difficulty.

Drawing from life is central to her practice, offering calm, clarity, and connection. Recently, a house move inspired Helen to reflect on the meaning of personal objects. Her current work explores how possessions can hold memory, identity, and emotion, telling quiet yet powerful stories of people, places, and moments that shape who we are.

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Objects hold narratives of lives lived in other places and times. They are a physical representation of experience, speaking of familial ties and the story of who we were, who we are, and where we have been. The objects in this piece tell stories of living in Bermuda and my husband's job as an architect, a birthday gift for my daughter, and many mosaic projects with kids including beautiful donated Mexican tiles.