Helen Masacz

Lilies Madder Lake Rose Dawn

Girl With Head Bowed Izmir Flowers

The Letter Izmir detail Transition II

"My paintings are based on thoughts which are influenced by real-life situations, issues of everyday life to long-term influences during our life time, the transition from childhood to adulthood, the changes in relationships over a lifetime and the meaning that the passage of time imprints on all our lives. I think real-life experiences have more impact than imagination, connecting to a greater audience who may relate to the issues of transition. My work has no historical order -mixing up and overlapping experiences from past to present. All my paintings are in oils mainly on panel.

I have exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in 2004, 2005 and 2010 the latest a portrait of Boris Johnson for which the sitting took place in City Hall London Autumn 2009." Helen Masacz