I primarily create watercolor pencil drawings and acrylic paintings.  My artwork is deeply influenced by light, color, and my profound reverence for the natural world.  My most curren

My work is about the natural cycle of growth, death, and decay, finding wisdom in nature and looking to reveal the unseen or unexpected. 

The Portal Series began an exploration into the space between the physical and non-physical world. While walking through a 1940’s abandoned military fort and hearing the sound of children’s laughter echoing in the rooms between rusted doors I considered how brief our physical time is here. I saw the doors as a passage to another period of time or thought. I walked through rooms that were filled with people who were long since gone. It was as if I could still hear their voices.

Helen Todd is a photographer who focuses on objects and details often overlooked in everyday life. Anywhere there is rusting metal or peeling paint, Helen can be found, searching for a different type of "Northwest landscape". Her evocative photographs encourage observers to take a closer look at the unappreciated beauty of decay.

        Much of my inspiration comes from architecture.  The practicalities that govern how a building is both constructed and deconstructed fascinate me.  Each layer in the building process is like a skin, and I echo these procedures as I build my sculptures.  I am also influenced by the work of other artists, including M.C.

Traditional American and Native American styles have influenced my work and my choice of materials. This in turn dictated the styles of baskets I began weaving. Using many traditional and native materials such as cedar and cherry bark, sweet grass and spruce roots, I studied basket weaving techniques that have been handed down through the centuries. After studying extensively with Jiro Yonezawa, I became proficient in making Japanese-style baskets using their established weaving methods.

I specialize in black and white photography. I strive to create compelling images using natural light and a bit of serendipity.

For the past few years I have been making images of urban landscapes, particularly highways and infrasctructure like ramps, bridges and overpasses.

I am a fine craft artist, a maker of jewelry.  My current work focuses on giving my own modern twist to the centuries old art of making wealth easily portable in the form of precious metal chains. I was immensely fortunate to grow up learning to make things – bread, clothes, buildings, art – and I take pride in being a maker in the tradition of generations of people who lavishly and richly adorn the items of everyday life. My jewelry is meant to be touched and worn, and can only be fully enjoyed and appreciated if the hands are involved as well as the eyes.