THE ART OF HELEN ASHMEAD
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ABOUT THE ARTIST

“Love to learn, love to grow, love life wherever you go.”

about a painter and printmaker

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As a painter and printmaker, Helen Ashmead enjoys using different mediums to create her visions of the natural world in both realistic manners and symbolic ways to depict different states of perception emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.
 
Her favorite subjects include flowers and landscapes, animals, birds, and angels.  Most works are representational, but abstracts are included.  Strong, pure colors are frequently employed with the desire to evoke feelings of joy and light.
 
Her works have been exhibited along the east coast and are in private collections across the country and across the Atlantic Ocean.  Helen has received awards for her paintings, relief prints, and etchings, but the rewards she values most are when collectors choose to have one of her paintings or prints for their own.
 
Helen continues to challenge herself by expanding her vision of her subjects, and in doing so finds that the style and medium used for each work follows its own path.  Other interests include neuroscience and using the arts to enhance one’s life.  She continues to pursue her love of art in her home studio along the St Johns River.


Helen is also available for workshops, individual or group art classes, live demonstrations and presentations.  To find out more about any of these offerings please click ont the workshop button.
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OrganizationS

Memberships include the following organizations:
Jacksonville Artists Guild
Board of Directors & Program Director for Jacksonville Artists Guild
Jacksonville Coalition for the Visual Arts
Shades of Grace Artists of Bethel Gallery
Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens

Education & experience

FINE ARTS EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Connecticut
Fine Arts Graduate work, Hartford Art School, Connecticut
  • Oil Painting with Rudolf Zallinger of Yale University
  • Drawing with Ruth Miller of New York 


​SELF DIRECTED GRADUATE WORK
  • Printmaking with Barry E. Wilson
  • Portrait painting with Patricia Whitty of New Orleans
  • Landscape painting with Allison Watson
  • Plein Air painting with Jim Draper
  • Pastel painting with Cable Spence
  • Watercolor and figure drawing, Florida State College
  • Watercolor painting with David Reese of Massachusetts
  • ​Acrylic painting with Craig Rubideaux 

Exhibitions 

  • Jacksonville International Airport
  • Bethel Gallery of Ponte Vedra Presbyterian Church
  • Cultural Center of Ponte Vedra, Florida
  • Archway Gallery, Jacksonville Beach
  • Vandroff Gallery of Jewish Community Alliance, Florida
  • Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Florida
  • Cypress Village of Jacksonville, Florida
  • Riverside Home Tour, Art House, Florida   
  • National Art Exhibit (NAE), Punta Gorda, Florida
  • Healing Arts Gallery of Baptist Medical Center, Florida
  • Bank Of America Tower Gallery
  • Gallery 37 of Reddi-Arts
  • Wilson Gallery of Florida State College
  • Big Cats Jaguar Painted Sculpture for Otis Smith Foundation
  • Deerwood Artworks Gallery, Florida
  • Art & Soul Gallery, Florida
  • Art League of Slidell, Louisiana 
  • Artists’ Atelier of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Aetna Life & Casualty, Connecticut
  • Bushnell Park Gallery, Connecticut
  • Old State House Museum Gift Gallery, Connecticut
  • M.S. Gallery, Connecticut
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    • Pet Portraits
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