Update coming soon

 I have been busy teaching online - which takes many hours - believe it or not. Maybe it is because it is all completely new to me. It is fun...working with limited materials and access.

That said - I do have photos of all my new work - completed over the summer.

I will post it in the next few days.

Don't be surprised if it is forest inspired...because it is.

;)

Show "tour" - "Intersections" - at Umpqua Valley Art Association

Hello again

Hi- 
We all are living through some pretty wild times. 
I am a public school art teacher and have been Soooooo busy switching my teaching to online approaches.

Frankly - I have enjoyed the challenge and my art teacher colleagues have been amazingly helpful - and this very new work has taken hours and hours - but I'm getting the hang of it...at least in this current version.

In the meantime - I have mailed a piece to the Yellowstone Art Museum for a show titled

North X NorthWest.

As the museum has been closed and will open in a limited fashion concurrently when the show opens in late May - we have been offered the opportunity to make a video or some digital communication about our work.

Well, I am not film-maker - but in this DIY time of digital communication in lieu of in-person time, I am figuring this stuff out. 
ALSO- I am grateful for the down-n-dirty looser standards of the amateur efforts.

Long intro - here we go- hope it's helpful (the challenge of figuring it out was fun...at least when I got over the worry part).

Hang in there...we'll get through this.
Love - to all 

https://bit.ly/Helmsworth_YAM 

Thanks

Here is a link to an interview about the show.

https://pamplinmedia.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/452066-368532-a-and-e-podcast-artist-nancy-helmsworth-pwoff

March Reception @Walters Cultural Arts Center
March 3rd - 5:00-8:00pm
music, activity for kids, artist talk and  cookies!

some of the newest work in the show

The glazed black branch that called out to me. 24"x24"

nurse log with orange square 12" x12"

nurse log with level lines 12" x12"

nurse log with stretching web 12" x12"

 

 

 

nurse log with cat's cradle 12" x12"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh my, you are so beautiful. 24"x24"

Nice looking show at the Walters

Thanks you to the Walters Cultural Arts Center for hosting our show Layers.

Special thanks to all who skillfully hung the show. The pieces in proximity tell a story and emphasize certain visual features or themes.

Last night it was hard to settle down. I worried about my gallery talk and at 2:30 in the morning - wishing I had said this, or that, I came downstairs and made this google slide show to articulate a way to view the work.

As a teacher - this is my preferred method. I just can't help myself.

https://bit.ly/2UI9js0

I appreciate the opportunity to share!

Layers - 3 person show at Walters Cultural Arts Center

New Work and a few you have seen (on this blog) before.

Should be a wonderful show at the Walters Cultural Arts Center.

Opening Reception: 
February 4, 5-8pm

2nd Reception: March 3, 5-8pm

527 East Main Street
Hillsboro, Oregon

I plan on having a print sale at the February 4th event - so come and get a deal on some monotypes.
...there is no gallery commission on these, so the prices will be good.

Thank you Lunaria Gallery in Silverton!
How nice to be honored with inclusion in the show and with the "Members' Choice" award.
I look forward to showing my work with you sometime in the future.

Three of my monotypes that were included in the show: