Helena Pedersen

She was born in 1959 in Powell River BC, and has lived in coastal BC her entire life. After spending many years working and raising a family on Vancouver Island, she moved back home to the west coast rain forests where she grew up and developed her strong attachment to nature. Countless hours spent under the canopy of the trees, the forest clearings and mountains developed a high appreciation of the beauty there which is reflected in the details in her work, whether watercolour, acrylic or oils....inspiring her line of “westcoastwildoriginal”s Two years of formal training at UVic and many years of practice since then have honed a style that is uniquely hers and since retiring she has divided her time between her passions: family, painting and gardening