Art

Art

One of my big hobbies is painting. I have been painting in oil since 1990, and now, when I am retired, I have attend the Open University of applied sciences in Nykarleby, our neighbour town, for two years. Today Anders and I are studying art in the Nordic Art School in Kokkola. It is a three year long part-time education for adults. On Tuesday evenings we have lectures on modern art and art philosophy by the school´s visiting teachers, on Thursday evenings there is model drawing with live model. And once a month we have courses in different subjects: drawing, tempera painting, acrylic painting, graphic art and so on.

Helena´s paintings - oil and acrylic


Proud flower 120x80 cm		Portrait



Poppy 150x120 cm	Children



Working with plants on canvas - acrylic colour















Eden



Blind		Leg



Walking the dog



Happiness		Moss

*Sculpture* This sculpture made with iron wire was my last work in Nykarleby. Picture shows me finishing it before it was put on display at an exhibition at the Aspegren´s Garden in 2008. Now it stands in front of our home in central Jakobstad! (Photo: Anders Lerbacka) Helena´s graphic art... *...and a link to a page that shows the different steps when creating graphic art from a photograph!*



Helena working with etchings



Reed 1, 2 and 3

Helena´s sculpture



"The parcel" on display at the opening of Jakarte´s annual exhibition

Helena´s installation "Shitshoe" on Jakarte´s Summer gallery in July 2007.

Helena´s works on Jakarte´s annual exhibition in Jakobstad February 2008. "The dog driver" and "The bread" (picture below) both went on to the Three towns exhibition in Nykarleby later on in 2008!