Helen O'Leary at Leslie Heller

I work every day and prefer like most artists long days unpunctuated by anything else....I try to do the real finicky stuff as early as possible when I’m alert; the physical building takes a lot of focus. Getting ready to paint takes time, I use pigments, eggs, grounds, so there is a lot of prep work. I start most days with a healthy unravelling and dismantling of things I’m not happy with, and try to put a bit of order on the studio. Read the full interview here at PaintTube

Helen O'Leary, A Measure for Happiness, 2013, Egg tempera, oil emulsion, on constructed wood 19 x 11 x 5.5

detail, A Measure for Happiness

detail, A Measure for Happiness