I began drawing at age 5 while going to Bangor schools and have had a lifelong interest in art ever since. I didn’t start painting seriously until I was 25, when in 1974, I began studying under the direction of Ed Healy of Bangor, an excellent pastel and portrait artist. I received a solid foundation in drawing, portraiture, as well as working in both pastel and acrylic. Later, I tried my hand at watercolor under the guidance of Connie Henderson. Then from 1984 to 1986, I took technique classes in watercolor from Michael Vermette of Old Town. My favorite subjects to paint include landscapes, seascapes, flowers, and nature in general. Being an avid gardener and living in the beautiful state of Maine, provide endless inspiration for painting. While raising four children I decided to return to school. I attended the University of Maine at Orono and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education in 1990. It was during these years I really explored a vast range of techniques; in printing, doing intaglio etching, lithography, monotypes, and woodcuts, and also began painting with oils and creating sculpture in soapstone, plaster, metal, and plexi-glas. In the past couple years, I’ve begun experimenting with egg tempera, which is a very old medium and very different to work with. In 1993, I began a new art program for the Dr. Lewis S. Libby School in Milford, Maine, where my children attended school. I work with grades K through 8 in Milford and grades K through 5 one day a week at the Viola Rand School in Bradley, Maine. I love working with children of all ages and find it very stimulating being a part of the school system. I have been president of the Old Town Art Society for “many years” and am also a member of the Bangor Art Society. My summers begin by collecting a dozen or so of my artist friends and renting a house on Monhegan Island to spend a week of painting and critiquing. The rest of the summer I like to paint on location throughout the state as well as my back yard, working in mostly oil and watercolor. I now have an art gallery in “Wisteria Floral & Gifts” at 298 Main Street in Old Town. I also show my work at the “Earth First Gallery”, 128 Hammond Street, in Bangor, and at “Evad Images”, 48 Main Street, in Lincoln, Maine. I’ve enjoyed expressing myself in my artwork, it gives me great pleasure at times, as well as great pains and anxiety at others! I can see myself continuing as long as I am able. As any artist would tell you, when asked why we do it — it is what we must do!Tumblr (3.0; @helenambosse)http://helenambosse.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNFke3ri3nRzFtgm8Mo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>View from Eastport of Lubec and Campobello   oil on canvas </p>http://helenambosse.com/post/81506317http://helenambosse.com/post/81506317Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:08:00 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNFj8o6x4v8AQ4Idn5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Jeanne’s Potting Shed and Pond   oil on canvas   SOLD</p>http://helenambosse.com/post/73594998http://helenambosse.com/post/73594998Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:13:00 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNFj5t9lwsvGGCbFcqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Autumn View in Sangerville    oil on canvas</p>http://helenambosse.com/post/73077657http://helenambosse.com/post/73077657Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:12:00 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNFj5sgrhzUuQnL2kyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Warm Welcome    oil on canvas</p>http://helenambosse.com/post/73073435http://helenambosse.com/post/73073435Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:50:00 -0500<p>Quality prints are available for some of these paintings at $35 each.</p> <p>They are shrink-wrapped and matted in an off-white mat, to fit a 16x20” frame.</p> <p>Inquiries may be sent to my e-mail address.</p>http://helenambosse.com/post/73072618http://helenambosse.com/post/73072618Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:44:59 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNFj5re4ohd0qtIHiAo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Golden Girls    oil on canvas</p>http://helenambosse.com/post/73068732http://helenambosse.com/post/73068732Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:20:00 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNFj5r7147JHUUFG0vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Her Royal Highness    oil on canvas</p>http://helenambosse.com/post/73067950http://helenambosse.com/post/73067950Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:14:00 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNFcc0i6otTKnTqseX_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>No Time to Sit- Gardeners’ Lament   watercolor on yupo   SOLD</p>http://helenambosse.com/post/44988132http://helenambosse.com/post/44988132Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:43:00 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNFcc0dgrxVnE8RgXk_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hangin’ on for Dear Life    oil on canvas</p>http://helenambosse.com/post/44987733http://helenambosse.com/post/44987733Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:40:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNFcc0apajmoNj4MFI_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Headin’ for the Chesapeake    acrylic on canvas    SOLD</p>http://helenambosse.com/post/44987564http://helenambosse.com/post/44987564Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:38:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNFcbyc57zOfYwSrwc_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>POPPIES!    oil on canvas    SOLD</p>http://helenambosse.com/post/44982218http://helenambosse.com/post/44982218Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:43:00 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNF76g8jp9W1OTH0Ub_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Red Barn , Rt. 178         oil on canvas </p>http://helenambosse.com/post/30219643http://helenambosse.com/post/30219643Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:57:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNF750x8brAeNXgBYN_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Eastport Waters         oil on canvas </p>http://helenambosse.com/post/30136618http://helenambosse.com/post/30136618Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:01:00 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNF750nidyBDK1dtEM_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Long Shadows at Leonard’s Mill      watercolor on yupo paper </p>http://helenambosse.com/post/30135909http://helenambosse.com/post/30135909Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:54:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNF750o54vwpChVjx9_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dancing Gulls in the Sunset          watercolor on paper    SOLD</p>http://helenambosse.com/post/30135948http://helenambosse.com/post/30135948Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:54:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNF750m9yjBYIm3ouG_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Soucy Homestead          oil on canvas </p>http://helenambosse.com/post/30135835http://helenambosse.com/post/30135835Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:53:00 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNF750llkrzvjQ80I8_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Katahdin Sunset          watercolor on yupo paper</p>http://helenambosse.com/post/30135827http://helenambosse.com/post/30135827Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:52:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNF750m7lzO5vMdhOx_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sleigh Ride at Leonard’s Mill        egg tempera on clay board   </p>http://helenambosse.com/post/30135833http://helenambosse.com/post/30135833Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:52:00 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNF750kh5mZS7CUpjF_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Monhegan Poppy Garden          oil on canvas        SOLD</p>http://helenambosse.com/post/30135802http://helenambosse.com/post/30135802Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:51:00 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/qgz5UsFNF750j0fpVOjAASap_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hebe, Water Goddess          watercolor on paper </p>http://helenambosse.com/post/30135731http://helenambosse.com/post/30135731Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:50:00 -0400