Visual Artist & Designer

For years now I have had this idea of creating puzzles that can potentially be altered without limit. They would be based on my The Joy...

Recently my acrylic painting, Waves and Swirls, was shipped back to me from the very successful Vesterheim Museum "Water" Exhibit and I...

Instead of writing a lot, I have decided to keep this short and share my new work, The Joy of Design LXV. This is painting number 65 in...

There is still so much that we simply do not know as human beings. One of my favorite shows to watch is Cosmos, originally hosted by Carl...

Two weeks have gone by since I wrote my last blog. Time truly does fly, doesn't it! You might recall that I made a promise to blog once...

I have been struggling over what to blog about this week. The options seemed to be so many, ranging from completed works to works in...

I have been busy painting and elaborating on my art digitally during these past two weeks. I am going to keep this blog short but I...

You can view this event on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-5XCqc_uuo. Ten of my fellow artists participating in the "Water"...

This is not really a blog, but an announcement. I have just added a gallery here on wix to introduce my The Joy of Design Mandala Series...

This blog is likely the only one I will write until April 26. I have been thinking about the weekly blogging I have been doing since...

A short while back I had the pleasure to watch the documentary, My Octopus Teacher. I viewed this film with great interest since I myself...

I could start with a simple statement: "I create art because I can." You see, there is so much in life over which I seem to have...

Yesterday, March 21, was one of those days when nothing seemed to work out as expected in our household. The day was full of futility and...

For the past couple of weeks I have been working mainly on new acrylic paintings in my The Joy of Design Series. The pieces I have been...

Today is the International Women's Day and I have decided to change my subject matter for this blog to some aspects of womanhood. I will...

I have been working on several new paintings in my The Joy of Design Series. These are all 6 by 6 inches in size and I will be posting...

About a week ago I learned that my painting, The Joy of Design LIII, acrylic on canvas, 6 X 6 in., will be included in a book to be...

Today is President's Day here in the United States. Yesterday was Valentine's Day and tomorrow will be Mardi Gras, followed by Ash...

As you already likely know, my name is Helena Tiainen and I am a visual artist and designer. I have been making art most of my life and I...