Helen Shearwood - Alchemy

"Alchemy' is an exploration of our complex human inner landscape and our innate ability to transmute what we would rather not experience into something of great value by shifting our perspective.

This exhibition continues where 'Infinite Beauty' left off, Helen's first solo exhibition with Linton & Kay in 2022, celebrating the beauty to be found in everyday life and the power of perspective. Through photographs of ordinary urban objects, transformed as vibrant abstract art, Helen invites viewers to suspend judgment and see the familiar anew.

Scratched-up skip bins and ordinary objects become art; perceived realities shatter; and labels fall away, altering forever what was.

Pieces that were believed to be rubbish, worthless and not enough, are alchemised: flaws are re-seen as unique treasures; vulnerabilities as strength; broken as perfectly imperfect; pain as something calling to be seen; as the light of authenticity, of love, of the essence that lives unwaveringly at the core of all life, shines through once again - in a way never before experienced, having traversed a darkness beyond vocabulary.