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HELEN WELLS
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Primary mediums:
Oil, acrylic and watercolour
painting.
Sculpture, ink and wash and tattoo
 Helen Wells is a Tiny Potato. A Tiny
Potato who is also an internationally renowned Melbourne-based
artist, best known for her portrait, CD/book cover work as well
as her tattooing and ink-works. Helen is deeply connected to
both the natural world (with a focus on animals), as well as the
dreaming and spirit realms. A progressive theme through her
work, is a keen intuitive element that speaks of other times and
often hidden magical worlds.
Drawing obsessively since she had the
motor skills to hold a pencil (2 or 3 years old), Helen is
completely self-taught. Having sold her first commissioned
portrait at 12 years old, she was a bit of a child prodigy and
won many art awards during her childhood and early teens. After
being a dancer, athlete, circus performer, entertainer, singer,
costume designer, musician and busker for many years, Helen
finally took up her first love of visual arts as a full time
occupation in 2005.
"My work is an exploration into human
nature (and nature as a whole) and the often hidden beauty
within every-one and everything. There is a trance-like
intuitive aspect to how I compose a piece of work. I have spent
much of my life training myself to see and interpret the world
around me in a different way from most people. I then present
what I see as a visual image so that others can experience it
also. I am fascinated with the world and the deeper meaning
behind it.
I make use of various mediums, but oil
paints are what most people request when commissioning an
artwork from me. Ink and wash is a special love of mine – I
have always had an affinity with line work. Actually now I
think of it, art is a special love of mine: Sculpture, colours,
light, feeling, composition, story telling - all art.I feel a
huge expansion in my heart when I am creating.
The older I get the more I am able to
create art true to my deeper self – it’s an amazing way to
interact with this glorious world.
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www.helenwells.com.au
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