We're From Earth! by Helen Dryden

About

We're from Earth! at Left Bank is a selection of paintings by artist Helen

Dryden, featuring imaginary landscapes and their explorers. Helen uses a

psychedelic colour palette to create an other-worldly experience.

The paintings explore the artist’s observations of landscape and nature, and

delve into imaginary worlds and plants which may be extra terrestrial or

fantasy places, or even polluted landscapes. Viewers are invited to invent

their own narrative.

Helen is thinking about human use of land, our claim on territory and what the

future might hold. She is influenced by science and science fiction; popular

culture, nature and environmental concerns.

She is based at Spinning Mill Studios at Sunny Bank Mills. Helen studied at

Leeds Beckett University and Leeds Arts University as well as Cleveland

College of Art and Design.

The cafe at Left Bank is open Mon-Fri 9-5 and weekends 11-4. The exhibition is in the Porch Gallery, which is usually also viewable outside these hours when there are events on at Left Bank - please refer to the Left Bank website to view the events calendar. If in doubt, please call the venue before travelling.