The Road into Blaye Painting

Helene Buttling is a British artist working in Pastels and Acrylics. She is fascinated by light and shape which invariably determines the subject whether a landscape, portrait or still life. She enjoys architectural studies with their angles and contained spaces which often evoke a stillness, an intensity of shadows, a captured moment. Working mainly in pastels and acrylics particularly palette knife application to obtain movement and texture. Born in Kenilworth, England, she worked in Graphic art and marketing near London in the 1970's. Finding the world of commercial art too constraining she moved to South Wales with her husband where she concentrated on portraits and the wild landscapes of the region. Both exhibiting and organizing exhibitions. Moving to France in 1992 she has exhibited in international salons in Normandy, St. Petersburgh, Krakov, Warsaw, Italy and has had solo exhibitions in galleries in South West France and Paris. Her work is in private collections in Europe and the United States.