Helen Halliday is a painter, printmaker and ceramicist influenced by her love of colour and the natural world - she has exhibited widely and has work in public and private collections in the UK and overseas.
Her varied career began with a music degree and work as a studio manager and composer at the BBC and sound engineer for Swiss Radio. After a few years living in America, bringing up her family, painting and studying Suzuki piano teaching she returned to the UK and decided to focus on art - many years of study and practice culminated in a degree in Fine Art at Hertfordshire University.
Her varied career began with a music degree and work as a studio manager and composer at the BBC and sound engineer for Swiss Radio. After a few years living in America, bringing up her family, painting and studying Suzuki piano teaching she returned to the UK and decided to focus on art - many years of study and practice culminated in a degree in Fine Art at Hertfordshire University.
How I work
I enjoy working with different media and techniques; my love of colour, light, texture and form is apparent in all my work. I use sketchbooks out in the landscape to research ideas and capture fleeting impressions which are later distilled into paintings, prints or ceramic pieces.
The work gains a life of its own in the studio as the materials and techniques influence the final outcome; the exploration, the 'happy accident' and the mistakes all contribute to the creative experience.