Blackbird76

I am Helen Dearnley aka Blackbird – Blackbird is my artist’s signature.
I’m an artist and illustrator based in Lincoln, England.
I graduated from the University of Lincoln in 2008 BA (hons) Fine Art & Illustration.

I make dolls for illustration, animation and for fine art.
I made a doll of and for artist and musician Magne Furuholmen, for his 2007 “Scrabble” exhibition at Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway.

I am a huge fan of the Norwegian band A-ha, and this was reflected in my Fine Art Degree Show The Unreal God And Aspects Of His Non-Existent Universe, in which re-appropriated imagery from A-ha’s iconic Take On Me comic book video explored within the context of Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulations.

I commission portraits in the style of A-ha’s Take On Me video.
Here is an example I did for the Norwegian author Pal H Christiansen:
http://www.phc.no/news/news_20090225_drawing.html

As an illustrator I possess a range of visual styles with which to express a narrative, or to illustrate an article or story, unique hand crafted greetings card designs, prints etc.

My professional illustration for editorial, music industry, and advertising commissions, and conceptual Fine Art work can be viewed at www.helendblackbird.co.uk

My blog is http://helend-blackbird.blogspot.com/ for Fine Art.

http://blackbirds-birdhouse.blogspot.com/
for Illustration.