Her travels and life throughout Japan, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Denmark, to name a few inspire her artwork and music. The colors, the landscapes, people, sounds and textures greatly inspire her abstracts. Helena as also been deeply inspired by faces and portraiture as a means for expressing and exploring deep power and mystery.
Helena and her husband Wyatt ( also a musician) lived off the northwestern coast of Japan where they explored the ancient and mystical culture, the music, and stunning traditional fine art and architecture. The reverence for nature and aesthetic continue to inspire Helena today. Folklore, mythology, and contemporary artworks also inspire Helena’s recurring themes (female power, enchanted tales, nature, ethereal all with both a dreamy and playful aesthetic).