Thrilled to be featured in the 2019 Carnarvon and Coral Bay Destination Magazine to share what inspires my art practice and work during my residency with the Gascoyne Food Council. What an honour to be included amongst so many other local businesses who are passionate about providing unique and high quality experiences to our community…
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Sue Helmot’s upcoming Solo Exhibition ‘Frontier of Food’
Sue Helmot’s next solo show ‘Frontier of Food’ will showcase Sue’s new collection of paintings inspired by food production in the Gascoyne landscape. “When you look at the landscape in the Gascoyne, it’s hard to conceive that it has the capacity to grow fruit and vegetables and graze livestock. I see it as being unique…
Capturing A Landscape of Food in Spring
Spring is the time when nature and food production thrives in the Gascoyne. While many crops are being harvested others are flowering and pollinating. Seafood is caught on the moon cycle. The landscape comes alive with bursts of colour and human activity. I have been busy over the last few weeks quickly capturing this narrative…
Opening Night – From The Source: A Landscape of Food
Last night was the opening of my solo show ‘From The Source: A Landscape of Food’. As I looked around gallery I realised that so many of you have in some way played an important role in my work and have been on this journey with me as Artist in Residence with the Gascoyne Food…
At Sea With My Latest Painting
‘At Sea – Shark Bay Blue Swimmer Crabs’ is the latest painting in my Gascoyne Food series as Artist-in-Residence for the Gascoyne Food Council. It’s part of the line up for my upcoming exhibition ‘From the Source – A Landscape of Food’ at the Carnarvon Community Art Space from 6 – 18 August during the…
Farm Landscape Inspires My Latest Painting
Inspiration for my latest painting ‘Carnarvon Farm’ came from crouching in a landscape of sweet potato with my oils taking a close look at sunlit young green leaves growing in rich red soil. I approach the start of my paintings immersed in the landscape to capture colour and get a feel for how it all…
I Just Had to Paint this Rock
This scene of Mount Augustus has been rolling around in my head since I traveled out there last year and I knew that I just had to paint this rock. I like to mix my own colours rather than using a colour straight out of the tube and I found it really tricky to mix…
New Painting Inspired by Road Trip to Mt Augustus
It’s exciting to start a new painting inspired by a road trip to Mount Augustus in Western Australia for last year’s Long Table Dinner. Twice the size of Uluru (Ayers Rock), Mount Augustus is reputedly the largest monolith in the world. After spending quite some time mixing the colours for my palette I start with…
Inspired to Paint Food and Landscapes
Living in the Gascoyne region in the remote north of Western Australia I admire growers who work with nature in a somewhat harsh environment to produce beautiful food. As an artist I am inspired to paint the food and the landscapes of this story. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to do this as…
A Story of Food from the Gascoyne region through Art
The stunning Gascoyne region is situated approximately 900 km north of Perth in Western Australia. Abundant with seafood, beef, sheep, goat and a vast array of temperate and sub-tropical fruit and vegetables, it’s where people interact with nature to yield high quality food and it’s also where I live. I am privileged to have the…