Venues

Northcote Town Hall - Roof Top

189 High Street

Name: Helen Pollard

Artist: Helen Pollard

Date: Opening: Friday 18th June, 6-9pm

Times: 18-20 June, Open Sat & Sun 10am-4pm

The physical act of engaging with paint for me is an inner investigation and a process of discovery. I believe that the gestural mark is a direct physical expression. There is always an intense experience, emotion and feelings that relate to a memory time and place that I aim to translate in paint.’ Jackson Pollock stated, “Painting for me is energy made visible” I aim to capture the experience of my travels through South East Asia, Europe and Australia. To capture the true essences of the places I have explored through colour and form. I do not wish to copy nature, merely to use it as a starting point. The diverse environments in which I have lived and travelled have provided an immense inspiration to my work. Capturing memories and recreating their essence, inspired by the mood and atmosphere of a place and time. I aim to celebrate the power of nature and the effects of the elements, wind, fire and water; the combined forces that create the ‘marks on the landscape’. Artist Bio Currently Helen is based in St Kilda Bowling Studio's. She graduated from Lancaster University in England with a Fine Arts degree specializing in Painting and Printmaking in 2003 before coming to Australia. She has just graduated her Masters of Art: Art in Public Space at the University of RMIT in Melbourne. Over the past few years she has been establishing her artistic career through a variety of exhibitions and projects throughout Victoria, including Melbourne Art Show 2009. Her public art commissions to date include installation in Prato, Italy, Xian, China and Sile, Turkey as well as lane-way installations in the City of Dandenong, Box Hill and Mooroolbark. Enquires: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)