About Helen Wells
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Education
2013 - 2013
City Lit, London
2013 - 2013
City Lit
2013 - 2013
City Lit
2005 - 2007
City Lit
2004 - 2004
Slade Summer School, School of Fine Art
Awards
2014
Winner of the Watercolour Revolution Competition, Winsor & Newton
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Event: Group Show
Dates: 31 Oct 2017 - 12 Nov 2017
A diverse and dynamic group show from a group of 11 artists based in and around Hastings. It will include 10 of my paintings.
Event: A Wash of Energy
Dates: 25 Aug 2017 - 29 Oct 2017
A group exhibition at Kunsthuis Gallery. It showcases watercolourists who the gallery feel are pushing the boundaries of their discipline and creative practice. The exhibition celebrates excellence and originality within this medium. Kunsthuis Gallery have engaged in extensive research of artists who work within the medium of Watercolour and who, they believe, sit in line with the gallery’s ethos to be the Contemporary Abstract gallery of The North.
Event: A Wash of Energy
Dates: 25 Aug 2017 - 29 Oct 2017
A group exhibition at Kunsthuis Gallery. It showcases watercolourists who the gallery feel are pushing the boundaries of their discipline and creative practice. The exhibition celebrates excellence and originality within this medium. Kunsthuis Gallery have engaged in extensive research of artists who work within the medium of Watercolour and who, they believe, sit in line with the gallery’s ethos to be the Contemporary Abstract gallery of The North.
Event: A Splash of Colour. An Exhibition of Contemporary Watercolour
Dates: 3 May 2017 - 29 May 2017
An exhibition showcasing contemporary watercolour artists who are pushing the boundaries and exploring innovative new ways in which to use this medium to explore their creativity.
Event: Selected works by Helen Wells
Dates: 21 Aug 2015 - 30 Sep 2016
Helen Wells currently has five works on display at Gordon Ramsay's Restaurant The Narrow in Limehouse London
Event: Artfinder Pop Up
Dates: 27 Feb 2015 - 29 Mar 2015
Pushing the boundaries of the pop-up shop, in this exhibition Artfinder combines physical artwork by artists and live demonstrations throughout the weekend, alongside an interactive experience which provides access to thousands of artworks from the global Artfinder artist community.
Event: Group Exhibition
Dates: 27 Jan 2015 - 8 Feb 2015
A group exhibition featuring one of my Pond Series of waterolour paintings. The painting
is an abstracted watercolour painting of an ornamental pond in St Leonards on Sea. The piece describes the reflections on the water from the spring flowers, and how the light danced on the pond's surface festooned with lilypads.
Event: Watercolour Revolution
Dates: 31 Jul 2014 - 31 Jul 2014
The fine art brand, Winsor & Newton, launched a new innovative water colour product and to commemorate they held an exhibition at London's Saatchi Gallery. It featured 8 artists and celebrated the rich artistic evolution of watercolour over the ages.
I was one of two artists to be selected via a competition to be featured in the exhibition. Mine and Italian artist Alberto Sacco's artworks were selected from a submission of over 165 watercolour pieces and we won the honour of being exhibited in this world renowned contemporary art gallery.
Biography
An artist based on the South Coast of England. Helen's work is intricate and organic. Decorative and detailed. Her original artworks often depict beautiful illusionary surfaces or landscapes.
With multiple layers, fragments, stunning colours and obsessive decorative details, her abstract works are inspired by the colours and patterns of nature and bring to mind magical other-worlds.
Helen often combines mediums such as ink, watercolour paint and paper to create fascinating and memorable art works that celebrate the joyful side of life and which allude to infinite possibilities.
Her artworks are in private collections all over the world from America to New Zealand. In 2014 she won Winsor and Newton's "Watercolour Revolution" competition. in 2016 she had an exhibition of her work in one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants in London. Helen is the author of Expressive Sketchbooks: Developing Creative Skills Courage and Confidence, published by Quarry Books in 2020 and runs online courses helping others to develop their creativity.
