HELEN TABOR

Helen has lived in the Scottish Borders for the past twenty years with her partner and three children. Her paintings are very much inspired by her surroundings, in particular the rural Scottish Borders countryside, and the soft seascapes of south west Scotland. Her use of medium is expressive in style so that her subjects are to some extent secondary to the movement of paint and the use of colour. While this gives an energy to these paintings, they also have a feeling of calmness and simplicity, evoking the gentle ebb and flow of tides and the steady passing of seasons.

After graduating from York University in 1981, Helen travelled and worked in India and Bhutan for several years before returning to gain a post graduate certificate in education. She took up a teaching post in North Yorkshire which was followed by a return to Bhutan to teach at the Paro High School. Helen now paints full-time and has exhibited widely throughout the U.K. since 1993, becoming one of Scotland's most popular and exciting landscape artists. Below are some selected exhibitions:

2011 Marine House at Beer, Devon, Two man show

Visual Arts Scotland at the RSA, awarded the Lily Macdougal Prize

2010 RSA Small Paintings Annual Show

Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh, Flat Cat Gallery, Lauder

Mellerstain House, Summer Exhibition, Frames Gallery, Perth

2009 Thompson's gallery, Marylebone, London, Scottish Show

2008 Thompson's Gallery, Marylebone, London, Scottish Show.

The Green gallery, Aberfoyle. 'Intimate landscapes'

Thompson's Gallery, Aldburgh, Summer show.

Thompson's Gallery, Marylebone, London. Three man show

Mellerstain House Gallery, Summer Exhibition

2007 Castlegatehouse Gallery, Cumbria, Solo show

Thompsons Gallery, Marylebone, London, Three man show

Mellerstain House Gallery, Earlston, mixed show

Affordable Art fair, Battersea, London

2006 Thompson's Gallery, Marylebone, London 'Autumn Show'

 'Ports of call'. Dronninglund Kunstcentre, Denmark,

Thompson's Gallery, Marylebone, The Scottish Show

2005 Thompson's Gallery, Marylebone; The Scottish Show.

Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh

The Mainhill Gallery Edinburgh Festival exhibition.

2004 Thompson's Gallery, Marylebone; The Scottish Show.

Chelsea and Dulwich Art Fairs with the Rowley Gallery.

Art London Chelsea with the Mainhill Gallery, solo show.

Thomson's Gallery Aldborough Summer Show

Castlegate House gallery, Cockermouth, solo show

Affordable Art fair, Battersea with Gallery 139

Morningside gallery, Edinburgh.

2003 The Glasgow Art Fair

The Mainhill Gallery, Edinburgh, solo show

The Green Gallery, Aberfoyle, two man show