helen Kuumbi

My artwork is an outcome of the exploration the landscape, rivers and sea. Places we perceive as wild have been shaped through time by people and natural forces , this leaves a visual mark which adds to their narrative. Through the process of painting, I experience a present sense of space; a moment shaped by weather and seasonality, and from this also explore its past. Common subjects in my work are ancient monuments, woodlands, and moorland. I work predominantly in oils, but also acrylic, mixed media and natural inks (that I produce myself).

My paintings also explore fleeting, elemental parts of our natural world - snapshots of a single moment of the waters surface or sky - parts of our world that are in state of constant flux. I am interested in the sublime beauty of the darker, wilder parts of our natural world and the timelessness of vast landscapes and open seas.