Helen was born in Lancaster in 1976 Lancaster, and attained a Foundation in Art and Design at Cumbria Institute of the Arts, Carlisle in 1995.

She then studied in Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, graduating with a BA (Hons) Fine Art, Drawing and Painting in 1998, and a Master of Fine Art in 2002.

Helen’s paintings are in essence abstractions of the Scottish landscape in which she finds herself immersed. She reacts to the changing weather conditions and the immensity of nature.

AWARDS:
2007 Awarded runner up of the largest privately funded art award in the UK: the Jolomo Lloyds TSB Landscape Painting
2001 MFA Scholarship: Duncan of Jordanstone.
1999 The Armour Award, Royal Glasgow Institute.
1998 Cuthbert New Young Artist Award, The Royal Glasgow Institute.
1998 Highland Spring Purchase Prize. 1998 Sir Robin Philipson Memorial Medal, Royal Scottish Academy.