From My Studio: Exploring Helen Alice Johnson’s Creative Process

A Colourful Life – A Video Blog

Join artist Helen Alice Johnson for A Colourful Life, a weekly video blog following the places, ideas and experiences that inspire her paintings. From beautiful gardens and changing landscapes to works in progress, exhibitions and life in the studio, Helen shares an insight into her creative process and her fascination with colour, nature, pattern and sacred geometry. Each episode offers a glimpse behind the paintings and into the landscapes and stories that inspire them.

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Week 28: Nenthead

Join me this week in Nenthead, one of the highest villages in England, as I seek inspiration for my large abstract oil paintings.

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Week 27: Goring on Thames

Join me, Helen Alice Johnson as I explore the garden of David and Emma Bermingham and look for inspiration for my large original garden paintings

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Saturday in the Studio: Week 19

Join me as I show you the progress on my Rydal Mount and Gardens painting, home of William Wordsworth in Cumbria

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Week 26: Mayenne revisited

Ever wondered how an artist gets inspiration for abstract paintings? Join me in the Mayenne garden as I explain how I get ideas for my large abstract paintings

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Saturday in the Studio - Week 18

Join me this week for Saturday in the Studio as I pack up two large paintings and bring them from France to the UK

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Week 25: Chartres

Join me this week in Chartres, in a garden growing out of a street behind Chartres Cathedral, being watched over by the mural of Jean Moulin, created by James Cochran.

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Saturday in the Studio - Week 17

Saturday in the Studio. Join me this week as I continue to work on my large abstract painting based on The Walled Garden at Sunbury on Thames.

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