Helen Jones

Thank you for visiting my website.  I began my artistic journey learning to draw and paint portraits and the figure in a classical style.  My realistic paintings were done in oil and  developed by building many thin layers of transparent and translucent paint.  I have since experimented with multiple mediums including acrylic, oil, collage and encaustic.  

Photoshop has also been another interest for the past 10 years.  I create figurative work using Photoshop and the Procreate Application on the iPad.

I continue to use multiple layers in my work to build the surface and create depth with interplays of colour and opacity.  Once I am lost in the development of a painting, the process of working through to the finish with it's surprises and frustrations along the way is my motivation and enjoyment.

My work has been shown in numerous juried and group shows.  I continuously explore new ideas and techniques through workshops and classes at Neilson Park Creative Centre in Toronto, Haliburton School of the Arts and Ontario College of Art and Design.