Colleen Helmore
Artist’s Statement
Water, colour and light define my art both in medium and subject.
Depicting the effects of light on a subject, and creating an atmosphere is the challenge when I approach an artwork. I mostly work with a limited palette of various primary colours and develop my paintings with various wet on wet washes. After a very traditional start to my art I now paint in a more impressionist style.Biography
Colleen Helmore has lived in the Bundaberg area for most of her life. She started painting in watercolour and has worked in most other mediums but now paints exclusively in watercolour. Colleen is mostly self taught but has been a student at USQ summer and winter schools and retreats in Blackall’s Cultural Center. She has had numerous joint exhibitions and a few solo exhibitions and won awards at a number of art exhibitions in Queensland. She was accepted to exhibit at Winton’s Waltzing Matilda in 2019 and in 2017 Flying Arts ‘Iconic Queensland’ touring exhibition. She now teaches beginners watercolour workshops and lessons.
Influences
Workshop with Rex Baccus Smith, David Taylor, Ross Patterson, John Lovett, Colley Whisson and Charles Sluga.
Awards
2022 1st Wondai Garden Expo
2022 Commended Hervey Bay Art Exhibition
2019 Highly Commended Martin Hansen AwardsExhibitions
2020 /2022 HERE+NOW
2017 Flying Arts touring exhibition ICONIC QUEENSLAND
2017 Different StrokesWebsite
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Colleen Helmore
Mock Orange
56 x 76 x 1 cm Framed: 76 x 96 x 2 cm Watercolour on Paper $1,250.00
Colleen Helmore
A Pair
28 x 38 x 1 cm Framed: 48 x 58 x 2 cm Watercolour on Paper $450.00
Colleen Helmore
Breakfast
38 x 48 x 1 cm Framed: 43 x 53 x 2 cm Watercolour on Paper $450.00
Colleen Helmore
Port De Bras
75 x 55 x 4 cm Watercolour on Paper $750.00