Helen has always been involved in and passionate about the arts and its importance in the community.

She was an arts teacher for 30 years in Melbourne and South West Victoria.

Currently she is a volunteer and Vice President of The F Project, an artist run initiative in Warrnambool and amongst other roles, manages the gallery and gift shop alongside other wonderful volunteers. She is also President of The F Project Cinema a small film society screening arthouse films.

As an artist she works with recycled material assemblage and sculpture using metal, wood and found objects and has taken part in many group exhibitions.

She also creates small wearable artworks with a hint of steam punk, using watch parts and other discarded objects.

She is co-director of a small gallery Customs House Gallery previously in Warrnambool, now Hawkesdale which features works on paper, prints and paintings and Australian Children’s Book Illustrations.