Friday, December 19, 2025

Sunset at Sea

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  Sunset at Sea 20x16" oil on cradled gesso panel  ©Helen Read    I began this painting in November - but because of the travel and the...
Monday, December 1, 2025

Maple Flame Watercolor

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November and December took me on a path I didn't expect, and my creative work had to wait for a bit.  I traveled unexpectedly to Texas t...
Monday, October 20, 2025

Local Exhibit - Gloaming

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  Gloaming,   has been honored and is currently included in the Autumn Color exhibit at the DuPage Art League until October 27th.    If you ...

Celestial Dream

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  Celestial Dream  20 x 20 x 1.5" acrylic on canvas  ©2025 Helen Read  Find out more information on this painting here  Having grown up...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Last Light - Abstract Landscape painting

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    Last Light   18x24" acrylic on canvas ©Helen C Read   I love sunsets!  And they are especially colorful in the Western U.S. Just a ...
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Saturday, August 16, 2025

The Color of Summer

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      8x8" Oil on gesso panel © Helen Read     The colors of summer are joyful!  I can't help walking along a sidewalk, pathway or...
Wednesday, August 6, 2025

When An Artist and Poet Collaborate!

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  The thought was intriguing!  Collaborating with someone I didn't know for an entry into a group show.  Yes, I thought, why not?   I m...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

What is my Secret Sauce for my Artistic Journey??

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   Hillside Symphony Watercolor on Yupo Paper © Helen Read Link to find out more about this paintin g Eighteen years!! I can hardly believe ...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Rivers Diptych

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     Experimenting, experimenting....  I've been working on a diptych which is very experimental.  I really didn't know if it would ...
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Sunlit Meadow

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Sunlit Meadow, 10x8" oil on canvas ©Helen C Read These last few weeks, I've been working on a commission.  To prepare for that com...
Friday, April 18, 2025

Morning Chill

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  Morning Chill,  11x14" oil on canvas ©2025 Helen Read Winter in the north can have very minimal color. While creation is sleeping, th...
Monday, April 7, 2025

Day's End

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  Day's End 7x5" oil on Canvas SOLD

Don't Miss This Spring Super Sale!

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  How do you bring vibrant spring color into your home?  Color that never fades...    Visit my collection of Spring Paintings   that are lis...
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Sketchbook Explorations are Essential!

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  Playing with color and with marks and with composition - you figure out possibilities with sketchbook explorations.  Starting with no expe...