Helen grew up in Bethlehem Pa., the heart of Penn Dutch country. It is there where she fell in love with the beauty of all things growing- her grandparents’ spreading fields of corn, wisteria on the front porch of the rambling stone farm house, dahlias in the garden, cows in the barn-the beauty of the scenery. It's this beauty, sense of life and color she wishes to bring to others.


Marriage and family life brought her to New England in the early 60’s. She now lives in Ashfield on her Rhea and Emu farm.

Helen has studied art in college and with many local artists through the years. Now that she is retired from her nursing career, she spends time doing what she loves to do most-paint.


Media- oil and watercolor paintings
Acrylic decorated rhea and emu eggs.