Beneath the Surface

Helena is an impressionistic abstract painter whose artistic process is guided by intuition rather than premeditation. Working primarily with acrylics, she finds great joy in the moment a painting begins to take on a life of its own - an experience she describes as truly thrilling.

Helena alters and enhances recognisable subjects to cultivate an imaginative visual experience. Inspired by the natural world's beauty and a passion to create, Helena showcases and celebrates a plethora of colours and textures through her work.

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This painting has powerful emotional depth of hidden feelings behind outward appearances. The vibrant red and orange evoke a range of emotions, reflecting inner turbulence or layered experiences as seen in mental health challenges. The diversity of each face captures the fluctuating nature of mental health: joy and despair, presence and absence, often coexisting in complex ways. Fractured reflections of disjointed pieces of self.