Helga Hislop

UK

1941 to 2023

There are three of Helga’s paintings in the Shirley Sherwood Collection.  One is an exquisite circlet of wild spring flowers so delicate it seems ephemeral; another is of most beautifully painted rosehips on vellum, reminiscent of an ancient herbal.  The third is a tiny work of autumnal objects with echoes of Hoefnagel and van Kessel, with her scraps of leaves, mistletoe and a snail scattered on the vellum.
She has a great gift for recording the small and inconspicuous, the ‘found’ objects in our gardens.  Her paintings, especially on vellum, have a quiet and reflective quality which will endure.