Expressive Sketchbooks

About Helen Wells

Helen Wells is an artist from the south coast of the UK. Her artworks are intricate and organic and depict illusionary surfaces or landscapes. With multiple layers, fragments, colours, and obsessive decorative details, her ethereal patterned works bring to mind elements of the natural world or magical other-worlds.

Her artworks are in private collections all over the world and have featured on numerous products, from book covers to wine bottles. In 2014, she co-won Winsor & Newton’s Watercolour Revolution competition which resulted in her painting being displayed in the Saatchi Gallery in London. She has also been featured in magazines and exhibited her work at one of Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants in London.

She became an artist later in life after working in an office job for many years. She credits her use of sketchbooks with her finding her artistic style and the courage to develop her art outside of their pages. She is passionate about sketchbooks as a tool for self-discovery, play, and creativity, and is keen to share everything she has learned along the way.

For more information, visit www.helenwellsartist.com, @helenwellsart on Instagram or helenwellsartist on Pinterest.