Creation in action

Mary Helsaple's Relationships Between Humans and Nature

5/7/2015 10:13:54 AM

Comment on my new website gallery

Mary Helsaple / 1 Comment

  I am excited about my new website.  HOORAY finally up-dated!   I invite you to enjoy more than 100 pieces of artwork, done over 3 decades, including the paintings from my Narrative Art Collection. You might even see forgotten favorites, and many new ones. Images now include detailed descriptions of the origin and storyline for each work.    Friends like you can help us launch the site and improve my Google ranking by “Liking” or “Sharing” any of your favorite pieces of my artwork when you visit.   Check out my latest national museum exhibit announcement schedule at: Museum Exhibits.   Please tell me what you think about the [...]

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5/6/2015 1:17:18 PM

"Raven Mad" Juried in to "Seasons and Cycles" exhibit in Phoenix

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  "Raven Mad" is selected for the "Seasons and Cycles" art exhibit at the Herberger Theater Center in downtown Phoenix from October 3. 2015 to January 3, 2016. The public opening reception is on Friday, October 3, 2015 from 5-7:30 pm.   A "blind" jury of an esteemed panel of artists chose 38 pieces of artwork from 488 qualified submissions. The guest curator of the exhibit is Georgia Michalicek.   This painting is a 3-D sculptural Watercolor.  I used an expanded technique of traditional watercolor with multiple painted, overlapping paper images, cutout, embossed and raised above the surface. The rope, flowers, rocks on the cliff, grass, [...]

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