* Helen Tilston *

Helen Tilston  

Medium: Oil and Encaustic 

My core belief is that artistic expression results from constantly learning and growing. This evolves from a combination of culture, ideas, beliefs, intelligence, religion and talent. Born by the Atlantic ocean in Kinvara, County Galway, Ireland and educated in Dublin. My love for the ocean and colour began at an early age by designing knitwear. A career in travel allowed me to travel extensively and a fellow employee and I would sketch and paint, en plein aire, during layovers. My sketchbooks hold scenes from many exotic places. 

Courses and Workshops

• OCAD Toronto, Canada 
  
• Southampton Art School 
  
• Gulf Coast Museum, St. Petersburg Florida 
  
• I have studied with master artists June Allard Berte for five years & Jane Champagne for several years. 
  

Membership

• Founding member of Plein Aire Cottage Artists- 3 Members, 3 friends who have been painting together for fifteen years. 
  

Awards 

• Best of Show(84 paintings) Plein Air Paint Out, St. Petersburg Florida April 2005 
  
• Best of Student and Faculty Show Gulf Coast Museum, Florida June 2006 
  
• Juried to exhibit at the Florence Biennale in 2007, where I have a lifetime invitation. 
  
• Awarded by Florida Trust for Historic Preservation for my role in preserving the cottages at Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. 
  

Exhibitions: 

• Annual Plein Air Cottage Artists "Save Our Cottages Art Show" Guppy's on the Beach, Indian Rocks Beach
  
• Viva Italia Exhibition every February at Villa Gallace, 109 Gulf Blvd. Indian Rocks Beach
  
• JJ Watts Gallery, St Petersburg Florida ongoing 
  
• Viva Italia 3 Women Show March 9 - April 9, 2007. Studio Encanto, St. Petersburg, Florida 
  
• 2008 Cornell Museum, Delray Beach Florida 
  
• Cabinet Meeting Room, Tallahassee, Florida at invitation of Governor Jeb Bush 
  
• 2010 Leepa Rattner Museum Tarpon Springs, Florida 
  
• 2012 Juror at Tarpon Springs Plein Air Paint Out 
  
• 2011-16- Salt Rock Grill, Reddington Shores, Florida 
  
• 2015 - Old Market House Art Centre, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Ireland
  
• 2016- Aherhe’s Youghal 
  
• 2017 - Arts & Letters Club, Washington invited as juror for annual nationwide scholarship 
  
• 2017 - Arts & Letters Club Washington part of ongoing selection committee 
  
• 2018 - Painted at Sorolla Museum, Madrid, Spain  
  

Media: 

• Tampa Tribune 
  
• Belleair Bee 
  
• St. Petersburg Times 
  
• Metro Tampa Magazine 
  
• Fox TV 
  
• February 2007, 2011, 2015 Tampa Bay Sun 
  
• Clearwater Gazette 
  
• Dupont Registry
  
• Tampa Bay Times
  
• Belleair Bee
  
• Largo Leader
  
• Clare Champion
  
• Fidelity Hi Definition TV Canada short documentary Helen Tilston My Treasure 
  
• Tampa Bay Times 
  
• Waterford Observer