Helene Seymour –
Born 1942,
Not Negotiable oil on canvas 76 CM X 102 CM
Occupation:
Artist and mother
Education:
Oil classes, Lindsay Scott, Malcolm Cameron, Ron Reynolds
Early 1960’s
Medium:
Oil, acrylic, pastel
Experiences related
to art:
1998/99 Teaching: with the CAE and private tuition
1984 Commissions: Three paintings for the Huntingdale Golf Club and many private
requests
Given demonstrations at art societies – judged various exhibitions
Honours and awards:
1980 – 2004: 26 major awards: First Prizes and Highly Commended, selected:
1998 St Kevin’s College; First in Oils
1997 Victorian Artists’ Society; Victorian Artist of the Year
1986,1996,2001 Mt View Art Exhibition: First in Oils
1994
1992 Camberwell Rotary: Best to $600
1989
1986
1984 Royal Agricultural Society of
Solo Exhibitions:
1998 Victorian Artists’ Society Galleries,
1991, 1993, 1995 Five Ways Gallery,
Group Exhibitions:
1987 – 2004 Participated in 18 group exhibitions, selected:
The Royal Society of British Artists
Mall Galleries,
Melbourne Five exhibition, VAS Galleries (1998)
Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza (2003)
Important
Collections:
Private collections in Victoria, nationally and overseas including Canada, The Greek Isles, England, Saudi Arabia and the Jersey Islands, India, Ireland and the USA.
Selected collections:
Huntingdale Golf Club,
The Royal Agricultural Society of
His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Ibn Abdullah Aziz of
Boroondara’s Civic Collection
Artists’ statement:
The horse has touched me deeply for as far back as memory takes me, and tough I paint other subjects, the horse remains closest to my heart.
The sheer beauty of their movement holds me in awe, and from an early age I felt compelled to first draw, and later paint, them over and over again.
“Not Negotiable” is to show the character of this noble animal rather than what I consider to be the cruel practice of “buckjumping”. The rider is deliberately eliminated, the horse holding the viewers gaze…..
“I have willingly been a servant through the ages” he communicates – “I have courageously carried you into battle, I have staggered under heavy burdens for you, I have cleared and ploughed the fields and you have placed bets upon my great speed, but you may not try to break my spirit for I am obedient only to a kind master”