Helene Martin has been working with her hands since the age of 12. She paints mainly with oils, using textures, design and colour to create fascinating paintings and her realistic style is felt throughout her work. Helene loves to experiment with new techniques to improve her artwork. She prefers painting outdoors to bring to her work all the sensations she feels from her surroundings.

EDUCATION:

• Visual Art Centre, Orleans. Under the artist Deborah Czernecky. 2000- 2006
• Colour Theory #1, Sept 2003 to Dec 2003 • Colour Theory #2, Jan to April 2006
• Kerry Vaughan Workshop, November 2003
• Denise Pelletier Workshop, January 2005
• Outdoor Painting trips with the Outdoor Ensemble: 5 day sessions twice per year, since October 2006,
• Montpellier October 2006,
• CAMMAC April 2007
• La Petite Rouge Oct 2007

AWARDS:

• Arteast: Third place, oil category, for Annecy France, October 2007
• Arteast: Second place, oil category, for Jeune Femme au collier, September. 2006
• Arteast: Second place, oil category, for Safe in Port, September 2005
• Arteast: Second place, oil category, for Brigus, NFL, September 200
• Ottawa Art Association: First place oil category, for Sunset on Ice, December 2003
• Arteast: Honourable mention, Sept.2003, oil category, for Cape Spear, September 2003
• Ottawa Art Association, Second place, oil category, for Rock Face, June 200

EXHIBITIONS:

• Group exhibitions with Arteast and Ottawa Art Association 2001 - 2008
• Group exhibition at Galleriart, 2004 -2005
• Group exhibitions at the Experimental Farm, August 2003 - 2008
• Exhibition at Allegro Music School, November 2004 • Tulip Festival 2005 to 2008
• Group Exhibition at Villa Orleans, 2005-2006
• On display at CS-COOP financial institutions, 2000 - 2007
• Ongoing exhibition at Galerie de la Rive, Rockland, since August 2005
• Exhibition at Visual Art Centre gallery Orleans, November 2005
• Coloris sur la Baie, vice-president and exhibitor, October 2006 to May 2007
• Exhibition at Centre Culturel Ste-Famille, Rockland, ON, Dec 2006 to Feb 2007
• Parkdale gallery, Dec 2006 to March 2007
• Ottawa Tulip Festival, 2005–2008
• Solo show at Ottawa Folklore Centre, March 2007 & October 2007
• Prescott-Russell ARTour, September 2007
• Gallery Old Chelsea, group shows, July and August 2007, February 2008, and on permanent exhibition since May 2008
• Painting Buddies show, Galerie Old Chelsea, Aug 7th-28th 2008
• Art on the Farm – Experimental Farm, Aug 16th-17th 2008

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

• Vice-president “Coloris sur la Baie”, May 2006 to May 2007
• Founder and president, Galerie de la Rive, Rockland (ON), 2008

COMING EVENTS:

• Coloris sur la Baie, Oct 25th-26th 2008
• Solo show - Centre Folklorique d'Ottawa, 1111 rue Bank, Ottawa - November 2008