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Visual Art is a beautiful language using the elements and principles of art. As a painter and art instructor for many years, I also enjoy writing, nature, family and friends. The world of art is fun, challenging, exhausting and renewing all at the same time! Please note, I am no longer using paypal. I'm in the process of removing paypal buttons. Secure credit card purchases are still available on my website! https://HelenCRead.com

Friday, November 27, 2015

First marks! New Landscape just begun...

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This will be a 12 x 9" oil on canvas fall landscape.  So, what I've done so far is to work out an interesting composition with the ...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Great opportunity! Cyber Monday and...

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Its all in 1 place and easy to browse!   Click here to go to my Available Works Blog Visit today!  Cyber Monday - Free Shipping ...
Friday, November 13, 2015

Sun and Shadows

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Green Agave , 6x6" Watercolor and Acrylic on clayboard ©Helen Read SOLD From a few years back, I'm reposting this lovely litt...
Monday, November 9, 2015

Learning from the Masters

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It's important!  And I don't do it often enough --- tonight I'm looking at the works of master artists and making thumbnail sket...
Monday, October 26, 2015

Autumn - Lake Ellyn

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Autumn - Lake Ellyn,  8x10" Oil on canvas © Helen Read    Fall has had a late start this year!  In fact, the fall colors are j...
Thursday, October 22, 2015

Nearing the home stretch on this little painting!

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I've been working along on this fall landscape, which I started in the summer! I just have a little more to do in the foreground.  ...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Reworking

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Yes, this is the painting I started this summer - and since the colors have all changed, I'm reworking this for this season.  It...
Sunday, October 18, 2015

Finishing a landscape

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This summer, before my big move, I started a watery landscape.  Now my studio is finally put together and I'm able to get back to...
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Summer's End

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Withered Beauty - sunflower , 15 x 15" Watercolor/mixed media on paper ©Helen Read  Looking back a few years, this watercolor ...
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Friday, September 25, 2015

A Small Watercolor Landscape - watch it come together

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I am finally able to use my new studio space!  It has been several weeks - moving, unpacking, getting settled, starting a new semester at...
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Throwback Thursday - Egret

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Knee Deep - Snowy Egret, 7 x 11.5" watercolor/acrylic on paper © Helen Read     I've come to enjoy egrets in a new way, just la...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Back to some drawing

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Back yard drawing on this beautiful afternoon in September! My move has certainly slowed down my studio work - that and starting a new semes...
Saturday, September 5, 2015

Getting back to it!

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     It's been a rather long resettlement process!  I've gotten moved and finally, today, I'm back online - its taken nearly a m...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Moved, but not yet connected

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The move has happened!  What a task!  And school starts today, though I've been back at work all this week....hardly time to ...
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Helen Read
Illinois, United States
Art is fun! I've always enjoyed making things ... creating ... all things art! I went to Wheaton College (IL) where I received a B.A. in fine art. Then later, after doing a Masters in Teaching at National-Louis University, I began to teach art at the high school level. I currently teach art, am a parent, am an daily painter, and am active in my church. Life manages to stay pretty busy!
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