Hélène Bertola

 

From childhood, I have been fascinated by colors, shapes, and the arts and crafts in general. I inherited these great pleasures from my mother, from that generation that learned to do everything by hand.
Watercolor has always been my favorite medium.
Family responsibilities made me put my brushes aside,
only to pick them up again with even greater pleasure with Jacqueline Papineau Lespérance. I learned the harmony among color, water, and paper, as well as the joy of painting, through hard work and perseverance.
Beverly Wight helped me improve my technique, my way of looking at the world around me, both near and far, and finding inspiration in it. 
I find my inspiration primarily in nature, in its details, its changes in color, texture, and temperature with the changing seasons. I hope to share emotion and evoke memories through striking landscapes encountered during travels, walks in nature, or simply by bringing familiar objects to life.