Oil

Helen Mehl is a Sonoma County artist. She has been finding joy by creating art since her youth. She received a MA in Art from San Jose State University after graduating from Stanford with a BA in art and history. After Helen and husband, Wayne, raised a family, she resumed creating art full-time. She taught art on the secondary and college levels as well as adult education for several years.

“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving through you, a joy.” -Rumi.

Color is central to Helen’s paintings, which express an idea, mood or emotion. Her art communicates wonder and gratitude for beauty in nature and the changing seasons. Helen’s paintings are in private collections in the United States, Canada and Europe.