Helen Armstrong trained at Chelsea and Brighton art schools as a painter and printmaker. Has taught art and crafts, worked as an
illustrator and graphic designer, brought up a family, and then trained as a counsellor and combined art work with a private counselling
practice, including running groups using art for self knowledge. Now retired from counselling. Member of Christian Arts UK. Former Vice
President of SIAC – Societe Internationale des Artistes Chretiens – from 2000 – 2008, former President of Society of Sussex Artists 2009-2012.
What pleases me in my art work is the way the other can be found in everyday life. A road sign, jet vapour trails, sunlight falling on net
curtains, a reflection in a train window, all can evoke an awareness of what lies beneath the surface. Artists deal with surface, we work
with materials and how they look. As a counsellor I looked beneath the surface to see what was happening in the unconscious. In my art work
I like to combine these different approaches, enjoying the pleasure of the surface effects while reflecting on the deeper meanings that are
also visible.
