HELEN DUCKWORTH : DREAMS & REFLECTIONS
Original Oils | Mixed Media Works on Paper | Limited Edition Prints
214 King Street | Charleston SC 29401
On View Through October 18, 2011
DREAMS & REFLECTIONS AVAILABLE WORKS
DREAMS & REFLECTIONS | OPENING IMAGES | JULY 29, 2011
Artist Biography
Helen Duckworth was born in Yorkshire, England. She began drawing as a child and set up still-lifes in her bedroom and would draw views from the hillsides and across fields while on walks in the English countryside.
She emigrated to the U.S. In the 1960's as a teenager and studied intermittently at the Art Students League and the School of Visual Arts, in New York City concentrating on drawing from life and taking courses in portraiture. Mostly self-taught, whilst living 12 yrs. in NYC , Ms. Duckworth frequented the Metropolitan Gallery where she found numerous influences and inspiration for her work, although painting mostly from imagination.
In 1977 Helen Duckworth moved to South Carolina with her husband and two children. She now lives twelve miles from Charleston, close to marshland and rivers. “The air is thick with everything growing,” she says “which feeds my ideas for both painting and poetry. My paintings are about feelings,” she continues, “I am trying to express through color and form, the full range of my own emotions.”
Galleries
To date, Ms. Duckworth has had a few solo shows, her work has been shown in the Charleston Gallery and Mitchell College in North Carolina. Even more noteworthy, her work was selected to be exhibited in Camden, SC for an inaugural gallery opening. The show featured all Collector's Personal artwork the likes of Matisse and Chagall and was a great honor for Ms. Duckworth and her work to be included.
Collectors
Helen's work has been purchased by collectors nationally and internationally from the United States to Europe and Africa.
Helen's work has been purchased by collectors nationally and internationally from the United States to Europe and Africa.
Website: www.helenduckworth.com
