ARTIST STATEMENT

“I sense a threshold: light to silence, silence to light – an ambiance of inspiration, in which the desire to be, to express, crosses with the possible. Light to silence. Silence to light crosses in the sanctuary of art.”
LOUIS KAHN, Architect 

Helen Redmond’s painting practice is shaped by a lifelong engagement with
architecture, space and light. With a background in design journalism and
interiors styling, including over a decade as Melbourne editor for Vogue
Living, her transition to painting was a return to earlier creative instincts and a
deeper, more visceral form of expression.

“My work explores the psycho-geography of space, using architectural forms
not as literal depictions but as frameworks for emotion and memory.

I’m drawn to simple objects and spaces that resonate with stillness, mystery
or ambiguity. The lingering memory of a human presence. Silent spaces
captured in a fleeting moment of transient light. My paintings are a poetic
response to light, space and the unseen.

Through the slow layering of translucent oil glazes, my aim is to evoke the
passage of time and the quiet resonance of light. The paintings are
meditations on stillness, presence, and the subtle traces of human
experience.”