Helen Leaver

Helen's oil paintings are portals to tranquillity, emerging from the place between the conscious and subconscious, searching for space inside herself, finding a deeper innate connection.

About her process, Helen says, "I take notes of shapes and outlines of the gaps, or spaces between objects and using a type of shorthand I record my sensory experience. Deciphering these marks and symbols in the sanctuary of my garden studio in mid-Cornwall, I patiently apply and edit multiple layers of oil paint responding intuitively over many weeks or even months. I find the act of painting a meditative experience, a joyful way to process my emotions and I find that incorporating found Cornish ochre pigment into the works acts as a way of anchoring me to the present moment".

Click here to see Helen’s work in The Summerhouse Spring Collection 2025.

Entering the shallow waves £675

40 x 60cm, Oil and earth pigments on board- framed

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ochre echo £675

40 x 60cm, Oil and earth pigments on board- framed

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selkie swimmer £1100

50 x 76cm, Oil and earth pigments on birch panel- framed

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Entering into a dream £295

15 x 40cm, Oil and earth pigments on board- framed

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selkie dreaming £295

15 x 40cm, Oil and earth pigments on board- framed

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stillness found between two waves £440

30 x 40cm, Oil and earth pigments on birch panel- framed

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violet echo £440

30 x 40cm, Oil and earth pigments on birch panel- framed

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