And, here it is the final layer for the painting from my last blog post now titled “Timeless”. The dramatic change is not a surprise to me as each layer informs the next and feels final when I know the title. In person the layers are more evident. Hard to photograph at times. Voila!
Beginning
This morning I am reviewing the past day’s work and trying to get an idea of how I want to proceed. Working a 36 x 36 cradled panel with oil mixed with cold wax gives me a number of alternatives. Usually I spend a long time just looking. The longer I wait between each step … Continue reading
100 + Drawings During the Pandemic 2021
2021 New Work in the Studio
I literally waited a year to make a post. Not sure exactly why until today. New drawings began to be a daily ritual only during the month of May this year. It started very casually with a drawing that I did before starting to paint every day in the studio. As the days went by, … Continue reading
2020 A New Year: New Challenges
I had to wrestle with how to start this post, coming late in the spring with so many new challenges due to the pandemic, I lost all reference to time, as so many others have said. So why did I take a year to post? I have lots of excuses. Painting all the time on … Continue reading
Fall Open House
Open House at Helen DeRamus Studio at the Artisan Resource Center in Marietta, Georgia Continue reading
Interview with Helen DeRamus
Interview with Helen DeRamus with Corlia Koch, web specialist, the Women’s Caucus for Art of Georgia Who are you, what do you do, and what is your background? Atlanta is my hometown. I graduated from Emory at Oxford in the extended program and then from Emory University in history and art history. My art history concentration … Continue reading
Transitions
While transitioning from sustained work on a series, I often take a break to work on smaller paintings on paper. Still using oil with cold wax medium added, I experiment and investigate color and form even using tools that I don’t normally use. They are free form sessions that help me resume larger work and … Continue reading
How to Grow Roses
I’ve been thinking about my career as an artist and because of recent interviews, I have been reflective. Most of the time I stay in the present moment and rarely do very much delving in the past, but recently I paused to think about the most important influences on what I choose to focus on … Continue reading
What’s it All About
When creating, I focus on process; themes and series will follow on their own. If I forget this principle my paintings become too self-conscious. I can always tell the difference in my reaction to a painting. My way of working is consistent with what I learned from my dad growing up even though I did … Continue reading
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