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Helene Mayer feels compelled to paint a subject countless times until the impulse stops
I am a mixed media artist from Montreal. I work primarily with watercolors, though I also use casein, and acrylic paints.
Making art is, for me, a deeply spiritual practice, which requires a visceral connection to all living things. It is a communication of temperaments, a sort of thesaurus of moods. Deciding what to paint doesn’t often seem like it’s up to me at all. Something will catch my attention, a sound, an image, or even the wind, and I’m off.
I feel compelled to paint a subject countless times until the impulse stops…as mysteriously as it started. Though many of my landscape paintings are entirely imagined, I study a subject intensely before it manifests itself. Creating art makes me feel good, and hopefully that generosity spills onto those I interact with. My work instills calm and joy, which is exactly my goal. The world has enough ugliness and suffering, and my purpose is to soothe rather than provoke.
Making art is, for me, a deeply spiritual practice, which requires a visceral connection to all living things. It is a communication of temperaments, a sort of thesaurus of moods. Deciding what to paint doesn’t often seem like it’s up to me at all. Something will catch my attention, a sound, an image, or even the wind, and I’m off.
I feel compelled to paint a subject countless times until the impulse stops…as mysteriously as it started. Though many of my landscape paintings are entirely imagined, I study a subject intensely before it manifests itself. Creating art makes me feel good, and hopefully that generosity spills onto those I interact with. My work instills calm and joy, which is exactly my goal. The world has enough ugliness and suffering, and my purpose is to soothe rather than provoke.
