G’day and Welcome
G’day I’m Helen……
Helen Elphinstone-King (HELKINART)
Award winning Australian Watercolour Artist, located in Belmont NSW, Australia, by the shores of beautiful Lake Macquarie & close to the beaches.
My Watercolours, are painted in the style of Semi-Realist Impressionism, with a diverse range of subjects from Country to Coastal. They are strongly influenced by my love of Sailing, the Ocean & all things Nautical, alongside my Country upbringing, with my horses and a wide range of other experiences along the way, always with a camera in hand.
I’m also a Professional Graphic Designer & Illustrator.
I enjoy entering many Art Prizes that support their local Communities, and it also gives everyone a chance to see & buy my work away from my Studio. Many Art collectors, local & international, have purchased my paintings, and are always quite eager to see my new work & add to their collections, with new paintings posted regularly to Facebook & Instagram.
Current & Upcoming Exhibitions…
Artworx are available via secure Online shop … OR
Visit my Studio in Belmont NSW… All Artworx, Framed & Unframed are available for viewing and sales. By Appointment only… Contact me for suitable times
LATEST News: …
This year has started off with a bang & I thought last year was amazing.
Finalist in RAS Sydney 2026, with a treasured sale of “Against the Wind”
The “quiet” opening of my Studio… has resulted in over a dozen & more paintings being SOLD..which has been quite exciting. I haven’t been able to continue with a lot of this years Art Prizes, especially those of Bendemeer, Currabubula, & Wangi to name a few ..
So Im everso grateful, especially to my HELKINART’rs, Old & New, for all your continued support. I hope that you too will join them… & any questions, just ask…..
Last Years Results ….
Winning the Watercolour section at 2025 Scone Art Prize with “Full Steam Ahead” and also a Highly Commended with “Faint Hearted”
Winning the Oil & Acrylic Prize at the 2025 BENDEMEER Art Show with “Autumn in the New England” ..which also SOLD ..Thank you so much !
Commended for my other Acrylic “Blue Hole” entered in the MRSA Exhibition at Morpeth, that same weekend ! ..
As well a Finalist in the Sydney Royal Easter Show 2025 as well, where I SOLD my Landscape, Misty Morn.
“there is beauty in everything I see ….so I try to capture that beauty.. and keep the memories “..
Find me on Facebook and Instagram to catchup with the latest …just look for @helkinart
