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Helen Arthur lives and works in Longtown, Herefordshire, just over the Welsh border . She returned to her love of art‑making six years ago, in her early forties, beginning with printmaking and life drawing before expanding into mixed‑media landscape painting.
Helen has always felt a deep connection to landscape and the natural world . She is particularly drawn to creating linocut prints of British wildlife, with trees also a recurring subject in her work. Her personal mantra — “Inspired by nature, covered in ink!” — captures both her passion and her playful approach to making.
In 2019, Helen purchased a Gunning Etching Press and began teaching printmaking from her converted studio‑annexe at her stone‑built farmhouse in Herefordshire. Her workshops, which primarily welcome family groups, have been highly successful and have grown again since the lifting of Covid restrictions.
Despite being early in her artistic career, Helen has already been selected for the Royal Cambrian annual open exhibition and the Oriel Cric open exhibition, and she will be exhibiting with Spring Gallery, Cheltenham, in early September . She is also hosting her first solo open studios as part of Herefordshire Art Week (H.Art), having created a beautiful gallery space within her home.
Helen is co‑curator and digital producer of the Mappa Marches touring exhibition, following a successful Arts Council England funding bid in June 2020 .
Her work reflects a joyful, hands‑on engagement with nature, craft and community — a practice rooted in curiosity, connection and the quiet beauty of the world around her.