Musa - Helena Reis

Helena Reis was born and currently lives in Lisbon, Portugal with her husband and two children.

She started to draw and paint at a very young age, creating her own fantasy world.

It was only in 2005 that she began to take art seriously, developing her own techniques as she is entirely self-taught.

Helena is known for her unique style, a mix of creepy, dark and cute, representing personal fears and nightmares. It has become a way of overcoming self doubts, by portraying her darker side in a lighter perspective.

To create her artwork Helena uses traditional mixed media on wood or paper, including watercolor pencils, watercolors, acrylics, gouache and oils.

Helena is also the founder/owner of Penumbra Gallery, exhibiting new and established artists, with a focus on pop surrealism and contemporary styles in every medium.

To me 'Musa' is a retrospective, an homage to my artistic roots, a fragment of myself. It also represents the many faces of my muse.
For this show I allowed myself to not be perfect, not a single sketch was drawn, every piece was created without a plan, I just let my hands, brushes and pencils create and the result is a collection of little muses, painted from the heart. - Helena

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Musa - Helena Reis

An Ode to Fairyland

Don’t Need No Broom To Fly

Her Name Was Vanity

Mariquitas

Nostalgia

Pretty in Pink

She Had Mushrooms on Her Hair

Taphophilia

The Occasional Ghost

You’ve Been Here All Along