Helen Waters is a primarily self-taught artist and illustrator, living in Thousand Oaks, California. She says:

”I can’t remember when I started drawing, but it was probably as soon as I could hold an oversized crayon in my hand. If my mother needed to keep me quiet, she knew she could spread a length of shelf paper on the dining room table, give me some crayons, and she’d have several hours to herself. I did take art classes in school, but I spent as much time doodling on the margins of my school notebooks and book covers. Much of my current styles I can attribute to this kind of daydreaming with pen.”

In her illustration, Helen is all about telling a story. She feels the best illustrations will capture a viewer in the first instant, just as a brilliant opening sentence will grab the reader of a book. Then the more you look at them, the more you can see.

Her inspirations are anything colorful – including visual color, colorful language, feeling, or situations – as they appear everyday and every moment.

“I find so much that makes me smile, from the colors of a sunrise, to exquisite music, to a kind gesture, to the feeling of contentment. These are the things that inspire my images, and I hope you may feel a bit of what I felt creating them.”

Please visit Helen's website: itsavisual.com