Helen Langford

Hello, thank you for popping onto my website.

I am a Welsh Contemporary Artist, living and painting in Abergavenny, South Wales and here is a bit about myself:

I haven't always wanted to become an artist. Right from an early age I wanted to be an Archaeologist, and in fact married one! It was only when I resat my GCSEs in sixth form college, that I realised my talent and after several year in Archaeology, found a real dislike of getting wet and muddy!

I finished college with an Art GCSE and A level in the bag, but then decided to get married, so finished education for a time. I went back after a few years to do my foundation Art and design and then went on to study Textiles at degree level, as I found I loved anything that involved a process and textiles seemed to fit the bill.

Unfortunately, I never finished the course. Family life got in the way (which I'll tell you all about in my Biography, when I write it), and I had to stop after the first year. I don't think I would have enjoyed the end result anyway, as I noticed many students were destined to design wall paper and the like at the end of the course and that's just not me.

Anyway, today, 10 years later, I am finishing my degree with Open University, studying Art history and Creative writing, which I feel will be useful in my line of work.

Before making the decision to become an Artist, I was playing around with the idea of becoming a teacher in art, but several weeks helping out in a local secondary school, made me rethink this. Although like everything, life is a process and for me, going to help, gave me the confidence to move forward and also helped me remember all the things I learned when I was in school and University studying art.

So, here I am now. An Artist! A little scared, but ready to move into the world of art. All I need now is for you and others like you to keep me company on my journey.

Spring Meadows, Acrylic painting, Abergavenny. Artist Helen Langford

Please feel free to have a good look around, whilst you're here and pop back from time to time, as I'll be adding to my portfolio all the time!

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