15 x 10.5 cm

About artist: Helen G Blake is a painter whose practice focuses on colour; engaging with rhythm and formalism, chance and deliberation. Using a working method where process and contemplation are both allowed guide the evolution of the work, she constructs overtly hand-made paintings which record and examine colour conversations within accumulating pattern structures, embracing accidents, flaws and discrepancies within their rhythms. Helen was runner-up for the Contemporary British Painting Prize 2022 and received the Highly Commended Award from judge Hettie Judah. Other awards include Arts Council of Ireland Visual Arts Bursary Award 2023, Arts Council of Ireland Agility Award; The Model Cara Award, Cairde Visual, Sligo; County Wicklow Visual Arts Open, Overall Winner, Mermaid Arts, adjudicator Patrick T Murphy, Director, RHA. Eleven solo exhibitions to date include ‘A room full of altarpieces, but not a church’, Oct – Nov 2023 at The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin; Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast; Limerick Museum; Mermaid Arts, Bray; FUTURES 14, RHA. In 2022 Blake's work was selected for 'In and of itself - abstraction in the age of images', curated by Patrick T Murphy, RHA Gallery, Dublin; and also for ‘Generation2022: New Irish Painting’, curated by Anna O'Sullivan, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny. Other selected group exhibitions include: ‘Periodical Review 11, Return to Disintegration’, Pallas Projects, Dublin; Art Beijing 2021; RA Summer Exhibition, London; RHA Annual Exhibition; 'Youyi', Hangzhou Public Library, China | Consulate of Ireland, Shanghai, China; ‘Art - Letter Home’, China Academy of Art Museum, Hangzhou | Art Gallery of Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts, Chongqing | Suzhou Art Museum | Art Gallery of Shenyang Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, China; Aberystwyth University, Wales; ‘Helen G Blake, Matthew Collings, Grant Watson’, Three Works, Scarborough; Beep Biennial Painting Prize, Wales; RUA Annual Exhibition, Belfast; 'Modern Finance', Thames Side Studios Gallery, London. In 2019 she was one of 10 artists who travelled to China as part of the official celebrations marking 40 years of diplomatic and cultural relations between Ireland and China. Her work was purchased under the Per Cent for Art scheme for Tara Hill School, Gorey, County Wexford, and is included in the collections of Aberystwyth University; Arts Council of Ireland; Avolon; Ballinglen Museum of Contemporary Art; Chapter One Restaurant, Dublin; IPUT; and the OPW Irish State Art Collection. Helen is a graduate of Aberystwyth University, and is represented by Molesworth Gallery, Dublin and Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast.
About artwork: Watercolour and ink on Langton Prestige hot-pressed watercolour paper. The painting measures 10.5 x 15cm, and is matted with a beveled off-white conservation mounting board measuring 40.5 x 30.5cm. The mat size fits a standard ready-made 16” x 12” frame.
Website: https://www.helengblake.com/
Instagram: @helen.g.blake

Excellent Condition

Watercolour and ink on Langton watercolour paper

Yes