Dorothy Helyer - 'Now Points'
Front Gallery, 14th October–1st November 2009
“Time is not a line but a series of now points”
Taisen Deshimaru, Zen philosopher, 1914-1982
‘A while ago I stumbled across this quotation and it summed up for me how the pulse of life ebbs and flows alongside the creative spirit. Each of my paintings is my response to my quotidian life. Hence each painting is for me a ‘now’ point - and a record of a particular point in time.’
Dorothy Helyer
June 2009
Dorothy Helyer is a full time artist, living in Christchurch, New Zealand where she works and exhibits nationally and internationally. She was born in London, but since the age of eight has lived in New Zealand. She has always drawn and painted since childhood. Music too, has played a very important role in her life. She completed her MFA (Painting) with distinction at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts in 2001.
Dorothy’s most recent work has been influenced by her spending July and August this year visiting Europe – London, Portugal, South West France, and especially Italy where in Florence (Firenze) she spent 3 weeks attending a Summer School at the Santa Reparata School of Art working under Los Angeles based New Zealand Artist Philippa Blair