Helene Fletcher South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Trying to capture the spontaneous embodied event of becoming by moving on canvas and paper with mixed media.
I work on canvas and on paper (Arches) which I increasingly enjoy more now.
I use my own paints made with pigments and binder. I also use household emulsions, clay paints, dry and oil pastels, charcoal and inks. I used to work with drawings and photos for many years.
After a period of being unwell, I decided to try to be in the moment, catching what needs to emerge with gestures, marks, tools : brushes, sculpted woodblocks, scrapers, metal wires, tissue paper, etc…
Listening to jazz as I paint is helping me to access the space where I contact my embodied vital energy. This process is both exhilarating and exhausting.
The more I trust this energy and do not interfere, the better the images are in recording the complexity of being in our world.
Artwork
Encounter, acrylic on paper, 2024, £290
Too Far to turn around, acrylic on canvas, 2024, £285.00
Playground, acrylic and ink on paper, 2024, £285.00
Black Ice, acrylic and ink on paper, 2024, £200
Resilience, acrylic on canvas, 2024, £285.00
Jumping Over The Fence, Mixed media on canvas, 2024, £750
Projects and exhibitions
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Undercurrents select group show13/07/2024 — 17/08/2024 My painting "Grey Weather" was selected for this colourful group exhibition at Cupola Gallery. |
Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield | Details |
Jazz Paintings08/04/2024 — 14/04/2024 This was my first solo exhibition in Sheffield, having moved here from Cornwall in april 2022. It was a celebration of my reconnection with jazz and my renewed body creative energy. |
The Old Chapel Gallery/Studios, Sheffield | Details |