helenlopezpaints

five little landscapes

helenklopez — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:29:37 +0000

five little landscape have come out of the studio this week .

The good old trusty credit card painting method. Acrylic paint on paper, layers upon layer and scratched back to reveal under painting.

Influenced/inspired sometime ago by Elfyn Lewis and then made my own with practice.

Tagged: acrylic paint, Elfyn Lewis, handmade paper, isle of anglesey, landscape, studio

recently sold paintings

helenklopez — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:04:29 +0000

This was the first event I have had in my NEW space -( not including Anglesey Open Studios) – a very good start

With a small gathering of individually invited patrons I have sold these three paintings. It rained and rained all day – so to pretend we really are having a summer, I lit the stove and made jug after jug of Pimm’s. It went down very well with the nibbles – salted cashew nuts, peanut puffs (new to me ) and melon slices wrapped in parma ham.

Tagged: anglesey, pimm

new work

helenklopez — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:31:58 +0000

SOLD

all paintings in acrylic paint on paper

Show me the gold

helenklopez — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:56:15 +0000

Couldnt get in the studio so scribbled over photo of painting so far in sketchbook pro my fav drawing app. Have had a sporadic couple of weeks. Though the painting has moved on a bit now still not quite finished.

It is coming along. I have realised that this image, which is from feeding my hens and is something I do most days about 3 pm, is very similar in subject to a tapestry I bought at an auction a couple of years ago that has never made it up on the wall but rests at present on the window ledge in the wardrobe come dressing room. I had forgotten about until I had actually started the painting and found it again when reorganising the wardrobe( procrastinating) and it came as a real surprise. And now I question my memory I really had forgotten about it – I have always considered my memory really very good I now have to adjust this belief. I was folding my daughters cloths yesterday and found a black chunky knit cardigan which looked hand made and was considering which charity shop she must have bought it at then the memory broke though and I remembered something about the way the collar had been made and then remembered making it when she was in sixth form. Another memory gap filled !!
I have blind spots. This is interesting it shapes a new reality and offers surprises.

Here is the tapestry.

Gold because this corn produces the most golden egg yokes and the hens love it.