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Does an Abstract Artist Have to Use Every Colour in Their Art?

Does an Abstract Artist Have to Use Every Colou...

Helen Simmonds

I’ve never been someone who naturally loved every colour. Growing up, I was much more of a tom boy. I had short hair, lived in jeans and T-shirts, and avoided...

Does an Abstract Artist Have to Use Every Colou...

Helen Simmonds

I’ve never been someone who naturally loved every colour. Growing up, I was much more of a tom boy. I had short hair, lived in jeans and T-shirts, and avoided...

Green: the colour of calm, renewal and quiet transformation

Green: the colour of calm, renewal and quiet tr...

Helen Simmonds

There’s something about green that asks us to exhale. It doesn’t shout for attention in the way some colours do. It doesn’t rush. It doesn’t demand. Instead, green has a...

Green: the colour of calm, renewal and quiet tr...

Helen Simmonds

There’s something about green that asks us to exhale. It doesn’t shout for attention in the way some colours do. It doesn’t rush. It doesn’t demand. Instead, green has a...

Small Things and Little Wins

Small Things and Little Wins

Helen Simmonds

There are days when life feels like it’s coming at us from every angle. A headline you didn’t ask to see. A comment that lands wrong. A family situation you...

Small Things and Little Wins

Helen Simmonds

There are days when life feels like it’s coming at us from every angle. A headline you didn’t ask to see. A comment that lands wrong. A family situation you...

How to beat the January blues without making resolutions

How to beat the January blues without making re...

Helen Simmonds

January can feel like a weird in-between month. The twinkle has gone, the days are still short, and suddenly we’re expected to feel energised, motivated, and brand new… just because...

How to beat the January blues without making re...

Helen Simmonds

January can feel like a weird in-between month. The twinkle has gone, the days are still short, and suddenly we’re expected to feel energised, motivated, and brand new… just because...

The Art of Feeling Good

The Art of Feeling Good

Helen Simmonds

December has a particular kind of quiet to it. The days feel shorter, the light arrives late and disappears early, and—somewhere between the end-of-year rush and the “new year, new...

The Art of Feeling Good

Helen Simmonds

December has a particular kind of quiet to it. The days feel shorter, the light arrives late and disappears early, and—somewhere between the end-of-year rush and the “new year, new...

Flux Exhibition 2025

Flux Exhibition 2025

Helen Simmonds

Flux hosted their 12th Exhibition at the Old Bomb Factory in Marylebone, London on the 17th-20th July, and I was one of 70 lucky exhibitors! From art drop off...  ...

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Flux Exhibition 2025

Helen Simmonds

Flux hosted their 12th Exhibition at the Old Bomb Factory in Marylebone, London on the 17th-20th July, and I was one of 70 lucky exhibitors! From art drop off...  ...

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