Welcome to Helen Moss Art
Have a look at the work of artist Helen Moss and discover the inspiration behind her paintings.
Helen is a 2007 Fine Art graduate of Newcastle University.
"My art practice is inspired by the urban built environment and the inherent characteristics of architectural spaces. I am fascinated by the relationship between real space and depicted space in architectural practice. Over the past couple of years the subway beneath 55 Degrees North Apartments in Newcastle City Centre has provided the context for my work."
Light and space are recurring themes in her work. These inspirations are investigated through a variety of media including photography, model making and painting.
"I am inspired by the function of the space and the contrast between the luminous artificial light and hard edged geometric architecture. Through model making, photography and painting I distort conventions of perspective blurring the lines between real and imagined space."
"Within subway spaces there exists a conflict between invitation and exclusion due to the contrast between artifical light and hard edged geometrical architecture. My paintings exploit these conflicting characteristics through layerings of coloured glazes and distortion of the conventions of perspective, creating an ambivalence through which the viewer is unsure of their position in relation to the work.
"My paintings are developed through both revealing and obscuring what has previously been depicted. I build them up gradually using colour glazes to capture the luminosity and depth of the environment."
In all of Helen's paintings a rectangular motif is used. This represents the end of the subway and refers to the sense of distance and geometry found in these environments. Another feature in her work are pillars, these reference an architectural feature of the New York subway which she visited in 2005. She paints pillars in many of the paintings to distort perspective and draw the view in to the central rectangular space. In this way her paintings are new spaces constructed from the elements of two different environments.