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.
In the Studio: Week 8
This week I am in Brighton for The Cab Run 2 art exhibition, run by Do Not Obstruct Gallery. Join me as I prepare for the exhibition as well as delivering my large colourful abstract paintings and garden diptychs to the tunnels underneath Brighton Railway Station. The exhibition is full of contemporary art and a fabulous selection of artists
In the Studio - Week 7
Join me this week as I return to my studio in Cumbria, finish a landscape painting of the South Tyne river in the North Pennines, as well as adding a touch of magic to the home with some fairy doors.
In the Studio - Week 6
This week I am on the move as I pack up my French Studio and head back to the UK, taking in the lovely French medieval town of Fougeres on the way.
In the French Studio: Week 5
This week has been a busy but brilliant week, with news of exhibitions and short listing for the VAA International Exhibition and Scholarship! Join me here for updates on my large abstract paintings in my French studio and successes of the week!
In the French Studio: Week 4
I’ve been a bit distracted this week with pen and ink work as well as furniture painting! Join me to see what I’ve been up to and what’s planned for this week with my large abstract paintings based on en plein air work in Northern France
In the French Studio - Week 3 2023
This week I go and about ´en plein air’ in Northern France, seeking inspiration for my large abstract paintings based on rivers and the relationship between people and nature. The temperature is around 0 degrees, but I am living the dream!
In the French Studio Week 2 2023
Join me in my French studio this week as I think about more large abstract paintings based on my 2023 river series
In The Cumbrian Studio
Join me for a new year of paintings. Focussing on large abstract oil paintings based on rivers - the river Thames and river Seine mainly. This week I show you some of the paintings on the go in my Cumbrian studio.
Week 42: The last Studio of 2022
Join me one last time in 2022 for a final look at what I’ve been up to in my studio, and what I might be up to for 2023.