Looking a Picture - Your Woodland
What is the next best thing to being out in your woods, particularly during these long dark evenings? Well, how about a beautiful painting of your favourite spot, captured in all its summer glory, or at leaf-burst in spring, or cloaked in autumn mist or …
Artist Helen Setterington and her partner Andy relocated to Cornwall last year for a change of pace. As well as being busy with setting up Helen’s studio and gallery in Boscastle, they have also recently bought around 11 acres of woodland in Devon. Among their first jobs have been carrying out some drainage work and creating a pond which will hopefully attract more wildlife and provide further subject matter for Helen’s paintings.
Helen describes her work as “quite traditional in style with bold use of colour”. Her preferred medium is working in acrylics. Given her location, it is hardly surprising that much of Helen’s recent work features the stunning Cornish coastal scenery, but she has painted many woodland scenes, and is especially pleased with her pictures of bluebell woods in her native Yorkshire.
If you would be interested in commissioning a painting of your woodland, Helen would be happy to discuss your requirements. For contact details and examples of her work see www.theoldforgegallery.co.uk.
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Hope from Canada
1 April, 2008
Hello,
My partner David and I saw some of Helen’s work in her Boscastle studio last summer (07) and it is fantastic. We’ve been pining for it ever since and can’t wait to get back to Cornwall.
Being from Canada, I have a deep appreciation for woodlands and conservation. Some of my best friends are avid conservationists so it’s very pleasing to read this article about Helen, her work and her conservation efforts.
Thanks!
Hope from Canada (now living in Bristol, England)