Helena Poto has been painting since she was four year’s old and received her first “Best in Show” at age seven. She has sculpted, created watercolors, prints, pastels, and pencil drawings but painting is her central practice.

Poto is inspired by the architecture within the everyday. Whatever the subject is; be it a flower, a fruit, a rose, or a face, she creates a composition drawing inspiration from the natural angles, curves and shapes. She attempts to direct the viewer to see another layer of existence in an ordinary object or subject, the possibility of life with a deeper meaning. In her composition, she removes superfluous exterior influences to the core of the object or subject.

Poto explains, “I think many people take flowers, fruits, roses, and even faces for granted. In the context of my creations, I simplify lines to go beyond their visual certainty to delve into the peaceful soul of their humanity.”