Helen Youngblood

Raised in St. Louis and currently residing in Los Angeles, I have studied art over my life time, having attended Lasell College, UCLA, Otis Art Institute, and the Brentwood Art Center. Greatly influenced by abstract expressionists, Willem DeKooning, Franz Kline, and Joan Mitchell, I have developed a unique, spontaneous, action-painting style inspired by my passion for expressive dance, spontaneous movement, color, and design.

I was introduced to the concept of spontaneous movement, having studied dance with the famed Ana Halpern, who combines the use of art and dance/movement alternatively to enhance access a heightened left brain activity. My experience shows me that if analytical thinking occurs while painting, it inter

Helen Youngblood - Biography

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Education:

Lasell College, Boston

Maryville of Sacred Heart College, St. Louis

University of California at Los Angeles

Brentwood Art Center, Santa Monica, CA

Selected Exhibitions:

Santa Monica Art Studio Group Show, Los Angeles, 2008

Los Angeles County Museum of Art- Sales/Rental Gallery –

Group Show, 2008

Santa Monica Airport Art Walk, Santa Monica, California, 2007

Santa Monica Art Studio Group Show, Los Angeles , 2007

Arena One Gallery, Santa Monica, California, 2006

McLean Gallery, Malibu, California, 2006

Santa Monica Art Studio Group Show, Los Angeles , 2006

Santa Monica Art Studio Group Show, Santa Monica,2005

O’Melvany Gallery Group Show, West Los Angeles, 2005

BHG Gallery, Santa Monica, 2005

O’Melvany Gallery Group Show, West Los Angeles, 2004

Kraft Fine Arts Group Show, Los Angeles, 2004

O’Melvany Gallery Group Show, West Hollywood , 2003

City of Hope, Kraft Studios, Los Angeles, 2002

Kraft Fine Arts Group Show, Los Angeles, 2002