Joe Helmore
Southern Swimmer
Oil on Canvas
533 x 533 mm
$2,700
Available
In ‘Southern Swimmer’, Helmore draws inspiration from a cherished spot in South Bondi, a place where he often swam alongside his faithful dog.
Dreamlike and alluring, Helmore’s vision of the scene – its distant skyline, billowing clouds, and azure ocean spilling onto the sand – imbue the painting with a surreal luminosity, evoking a dreamlike atmosphere emphasised further by the presence of the diaphanous diver.
Born in 1982 in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, artist Joe Helmore now lives and works in South Australia. He completed a Bachelor of Visual Art and Design at Massey University, Wellington in 2005 and has exhibited widely in New Zealand and Australia since.
Helmore chooses the figurative animal and the landscape as his subjects. Working to varying scales, his paintings invite the viewer into his unique vision through semi-abstracted vistas and thoughtful geometric mark making.