Recent Work by Helen Corning

Contact: paintnow@verizon.net

Artist’s Statement:

As I grow older, and wiser (?) I become more questioning about all things, including art. The enjoyment of doing art is very much still there. The enjoyment of the results, however, change with time and place.

To me, “less is more.” A year spent in Japan reinforced that philosophy. I find over load everywhere. I strive for elements that suggests but do not “INSIST.” I want the person looking at these paintings to discover at leisure what it is all about and maybe between us, we can share these ideas. I still call the paintings, “Haiku.” Haiku being a very concise short poem that has a lot to say.

Biography:

BFA, Ohio University; MFA in Painting, University of Washington.
Studied composition with Alexy Brodovitch, New School, New York City and printmaking with Gaston Petit, Tokyo, Japan.
Taught art at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Maintained studios in Tokyo, Japan, and Ein Hod, Israel.
Private collections: Weitzman Institute, Rechovot, Israel; Sohio Collection, Washington, D.C.; Bell Atlantic; Federal Bank of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD; Howard Hughes Medical Center, VA.
Maintains studio in Kensington, MD.
Teaches abstract art at Glen Echo, MD.

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