Helen Fay

Izzy with her Ball, Dog Art, Affordable Art, Contemporary Animal Art Print

2021

Brodie Standing by Helen Fay [08] Limited Edition Etching , hand printed on Hanemulle etching paper Edition number edition size 75 Image size: H:30.5 cm x W:51 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:45 cm x W:64 cm x D:.15cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look This is a handmade and hand printed etching. An old friend of mine, Brodie the Scottish Terrier. He was a regular at the shows and a wonderful character. Animals have always been at the heart of my work. I find the form, movement and behaviour of the creatures I draw a source of limitless fascination. I love the idea of them watching me, watching them as I draw. I hope my appreciation of the sentience and character of the animals I draw comes across in my work. Over my career I have drawn everything from primates to penguins, dogs, ostriches and even an echidna. These days dogs are my main focus, mostly because I adore dogs but also because they are such an integral part of life. I am delighted by the theory that humans and dogs co evolved, we wouldn’t be what we are without them and vice versa. I try to pare my images down to a balanced simplicity that directs attention to the subject of the picture. I try to balance the subject and the space it occupies, giving each equal importance. Light is hugely important to my work, I imagine my subject in three dimensions as I draw and the light describes the musculature and texture that gives the drawing it’s presence and grounds it in the picture. I aim to capture a pause, a moment where whatever I draw looks like it could wander off or leap up any minute. My influences include Japanese prints, Chinese and Japanese brush drawing and the European artists who were influenced by Japan. I am really excited by composition, by artists like Bonnard and Leon...

shakespeare by Helen Fay [2016] Limited Edition Etching , hand printed on Hanemulle etching paper Edition number total edition number 75 Image size: H:27 cm x W:48 cm Complete Size o...

Intrigue II' Original Handmade Silkscreen Print. A playful illustration portraying the idea of Intrigue as the dog plays and sniffs at some fluttering butterflies, humorous and thoug...

Guy Allen French Gold Image size: 25cm x 30cm Approximate size when framed: 45cm x 50cm Etching and Gold Leaf on Paper Please note the price is for the unframed original etching. Ple...

David Gilhooly (1943-2013) Chinese Landscape Dog, 1988 Monotype print with canine shaped lino plate on BFK Rives Paper Signed and dated in pencil, lower right Hand titled in pencil, ...

Artist: Gillie Cawthorne (English, 1963-) Title: "Off Duty" *Signed and dated by Cawthorne lower right Year: 2015 Medium: Original Watercolor on paper Framing: Not framed, but archiv...

Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Dog Portrait II" *Signed by May in pencil lower left Year: 1997 Medium: Original Monoprint on unbranded white co...

Vivian Evans, circa 1907 Koko, with her favourite ball signed and dated ‘VIVIAN EVANS. 1907.' (lower right) oil on canvas 10 ¾ x 15 ¾ in. (27.3 x 40 cm.) frame 17 x 22 in. (43.2 x 55...