Helen Arthur

My studio practice is the embodiment of communing with landscape –full of feelings ignited by direct contact with the dramatic landscape here in the Olchon Valley, where Herefordshire meets south Wales. I love to work with colour and texture to build paintings and prints full of depth. I began my creative life as a printmaker (working in lino and etching), then with the pandemic my practice transformed again into exploratory expressive landscape painting. It's an honour to teach both these processes to people of all ages, all over the county. In 2024, I wrote a book about 20 of my paintings, The Winding Light. And in 2025 I established Black Hill Arts events with government funding, celebrating heritage arts and making in our rural community; over 450 people benefitted from over 12 heritage arts and crafts workshops and an opening event with live music and a pop restaurant and bar marked the beginning of this growing venture.