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Helen
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"I
love to paint houses and villages, sometimes with characters
and often my dog, Minnie. My paintings are always local scenes
within about 50 miles of my Carmarthenshire home and although
adaptations, I take great care to include precise details
- eg type of roof, number of chimneys, road markings etc.
Because of this people often comment 'I know that place....'
but as my style has distorted their expected view, it takes
a while to exclaim 'it's such-and-such a place'.
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is the best part of showing my work - I know then that I have
fulfilled most artists' reason for painting - to communicate
on an emotional level the feelings associated with a place
(or flowers or portrait.)
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"I
am not formally trained, but through night classes with a
wonderful teacher, Roger Young, was encouraged to develop
my 'naive' style which expresses what I wish to convey. At
school I was not allowed to take art as I 'didn't paint properly'.
This has been a real blessing as I realise that I might have
had the vision taught out of me and not have maintained my
passion for painting.
"My paintings are primarily fun - it makes me happy to
paint them and I hope they make people happy to look at. There
is too much distress and pain in the world and much of it,
I believe, is brought on by thinking too much. To enjoy my
paintings you just need to look and feel - no other interpretation
is necessary - unless of course the viewer wishes to.
"I have been painting professionally since about 2000,
and am both very suprised and very happy that my work continues
to increase in demand. I currently have paintings in collections
Wales, UK, Australia, America and Germany, and am represented
by galleries both locally and in Cardiff."
Contact: helenelliott@orielgorwel.com
View selections of Helen's work in her
online gallery
See
Helen's own web site at www.helenelliott.net
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