I think in pictures
Not in words
But words we use everyday
Slow and fast
Half to me 
Half to you
International, universal
Complex, simple
Words and pictures
The narrative of life.

I use images
All the time 
Images articulate
Lines and shapes
They are subjective 
They don’t argue back 
Upright, square
Long, short
Pictures and images 
Telling stories through tone.

I like paintings
Creating landscapes in colour 
A horizon in the distance 
Light and shade 
One stroke here
One stroke there
Dynamic, organic
Systematic, plastic 
Images and paintings
A story in a box.

I create instinctively, intuitively
Brush strokes
Paint marks 
Grounds and textures 
Colour in chaos
Shades find balance
Create, construct
Relax, rebuild
Paintings and colour
Slowing the story.

I paint in plein air 
Oil on grounds
Outside in nature
Thick and thin 
Setting up slowly 
Slowly sketching
Coffee, tea
Colour, sea
Colour and oil
Manifesting my story.

I engage to slow down 
My brain goes round 
Down to the ground 
Thinking fast and faster
Working fast
Painting slow
Neurodiversity, personality 
Questioning, examining 
Oil and shape
Depicting the story of nature.

I don’t articulate 
In words not me
In pictures I’m free
Free and other-wordly 
Articulate what… you say 
Articulate to others… every day 
Impressionists, colourists
Naples pink, meridian blue 
Shape and words
Together, a story.

I am Helena Traill 
En plein air  
My work is creative 
Output and outfit 
Outside my brain 
Outside in the rain 
Poems, romantic 
Paintings, idyllic 
Words and pictures
The narrative of life.