{"id":4560,"date":"2024-12-03T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T00:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/?p=4560"},"modified":"2025-03-05T00:25:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T00:25:21","slug":"focus-on-helena-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2024\/12\/focus-on-helena-anderson\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus on Helena Anderson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image_123650291-2-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4561\" src=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image_123650291-2-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image_123650291-2-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image_123650291-2-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image_123650291-2-2-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image_123650291-2-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Originally from South East London, I moved to Kings Lynn in l970 to run a family Hotel, which I did until l990, when I decided to have a change of direction, and I opened an Art Centre in Gaywood.<br \/>\nI sold a very wide variety of Art Supplies, plus had a coffee shop and Gallery on the first floor, and a studio, where I held classes and workshops. &nbsp; The 15 years I spent there were very happy, especially helping people to buy the right products and teaching them how to use them. &nbsp; Also with the added bonus of selling their work in the Gallery\/coffee shop.<!--more Read more ...--><br \/>\nI was a member of the Kings Lynn Art Club, exhibiting regularly at The Fermoy Gallery, and then joined the West Norfolk Artists Association very early in their existence.&nbsp; Our exhibitions at St.Nicholas Chapel were a highlight of the Kings Lynn Festival.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now retired from business, but luckily still with a studio to work in, I live very happily in Snettisham., where I continue to paint.&nbsp; My first love is painting portraits of people and animals, mostly in pastel and Acrylic. &nbsp; To let my imagination run wild, I change to painting on silk, which is far harder to control, and is therefore looser and very colourful.&nbsp; As long as I have a pencil or a brush in my hand, I am happy.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4560 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image_123650291-7.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image_123650291-7-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image_123650291-3-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image_123650291-3-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>\nI have joined the Wash Art Group who meet locally on a weekly basis to paint together, and exhibit annually.&nbsp; 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