Monday, April 27, 2026

Petite Painting Sale! Autumn Joy

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  It's still happening! Autumn Joy is being featured just for a few days as it seeks to find its new home. There's never been a be...
Thursday, April 23, 2026

Lavender Fields - A Spring Petite Painting Sale

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    Ahhh - the calm beauty of lavender! This lovely is part of my Spring Petite Painting Sale! Lavender Fields is aptly named! It mea...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Let it Begin! Spring Petite Painting Sale

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  I've been doing some spring studio cleaning and am making way for new work to be done.  I have some lovely petite paintings that are l...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

Amber Afternoon

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  Amber Afternoon 14x11" oil on gessoed panel ©    Helen Read    There's beauty to be found in the marsh along the edge of the lake...
Saturday, January 3, 2026

Winter Cardinal! a January give-away!

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 It is time for a give-away painting!  This little Winter Cardinal (3x3") is an original oil painting on canvas, with a magnetic backin...
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 ...