Finding Time

Water Fall

As usual Water Fall like most of Helen's work has a lot within the illustration.

Above are photos from Helen's exhibit at the Stones Throw gallery. Due to my computor problems this post is very late. Stones Throw is owned and operated by Patty Conlin who happens to be an excellant Silversmith. I had the opportunity to watch her work during the exhibit, impressive. The gallery is a must see. There are so many different types of art that fills the place beyond capacity, (some of the works have spilled out onto the porch LOL.) The great difficulty is deciding what to buy as most of us are not gazillionaires. You can see from the photos that space is at a premium. I would recommend reserving at least an hour of your time to be overwhelmed.

HELEN AT THE HAG

Well I'm baa ack. My computor went to the great computor grave yard in the sky. I have a lot of catching up to do. During the month of April Helen had an exhibit at the Coffee Hag in Mankato. It went over very well and she sold about 7 pieces. That's Helen sitting in the fore ground enjoy a cup of Jo.

Every month they have a feature artist in addition to weekly open mike nights. I recommend stopping in for a cup of your favorite coffee beverage. They have some food, along with scones and muffins. The veggie wrap is very tasty and filling. I have been stopping here for a number of years due to the homey atmosphere and great coffee.

GERALD MYKING

Shelter from the Rain

This work has been sold but is still available as a Limited Edition print. Titled "Shelter from the Rain," it shows two friends enjoying each others company with no real concern for the weather. Rain serves only as an opportunity to be close.

Treasure Chest

Helen was asked by a local restaurant owner if she could design a custom card for their business. They were quite impressed with this one. Again the problem with a surrealist is they don't plan or have an idea in mind when they work. It also would have involved me in to a little more commercialism than I'm ready to get in to at this point. I will be moving in that direction as we have had other inquiries about greeting cards and such. This whole adventure is still chaotic but less so than it was. Little by little I'm getting a grip on it.

HEFM Tour

This one is called "Sailing". I have been very busy with it being tax time and all. I have been checking out some new venues to plan a tour throughout Southern Minnesota. I am looking at the Gingerbread shows as a primary source. They have 50 shows throughout the year mostly in the Twin Cities area at local malls.

Helen is still putting out works faster than I can keep up with them. I don't even know how many there are. I'm still learning about this website and have tried expanding to other media but I'm having some trouble. I've been trying to hook up to Facebook but I just can't get logged in. At least January is almost over which is what I think of as being hump month in the winter season. Hopefully Feburary will be clear sailing.