Helen DeRamus

Greater Atlanta Area, Georgia United States

Visual Artist

Photography / Arts

As a painter and photographer, my primary mediums are encaustic, oil, and work on paper. Work on paper, using India Ink and graphite is a major part of my practice. My drawings lead me to the development of ideas and though they stand alone, they also lead to larger work. I often use the landscape as a metaphor in my paintings about all the visual scraps, translucent bits and pieces and neuronal fragments found in the layers of memory. My studio is housed in an old factory building built in the 1940’s in Metro-Atlanta. I conduct critiques, as well as teach and mentor artists, both new and established. My workshops introduce artists to the method of painting with encaustic paint and cold ...