Artist & Illustrator Helen Dearnley
Helen Dearnley aka Blackbird is an artist/Illustrator from Lincoln.
The Blackbird is the artist's signature; blackbirds represent the liminal realm between Waking Life and The Land Of Motionless Childhood, which is near Pinchbeck.
Helen returned to University after becoming a single parent, a child of the 1980s, A-ha's iconic Take On Me video inspired her to become an artist and illustrator, and she graduated with BA (hons) Fine Art & Illustration at the University of Lincoln, 2008.
Her work is a heterogeneous mixture of differing influences, mostly including the comic book world of A-ha, Dostoyevsky, dolls, Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulations, Borges and God.
Two dolls were created in collaboration with Norwegian artist and band member of A-ha, Magne Furuholmen, in his 2007 "Scrabble" exhibition at Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway.
Dolls form a continuing theme throughout Helen's practice as an artist and illustrator, and work that re-appropriates imagery from A-ha's iconic Take On Me video.
Helen is developing Lincoln Artist's Network for graduate artists based in Lincoln, and is available for freelance work and commission.
To view more of her work visit www.helendblackbird.co.uk.
