Percy Helm

Born: 1907  |  Died: 1996

Percy Helm. Painter. Sculptor. Tidnish Bridge, Nova Scotia. Active late 1970’s- 1990’s.

A naive painter and a sculptor of primitive works. Especially Birds. Percy Helm worked with ‘as found’ materials and colours.

Found in Nova Scotia; an oil painting of seven ducks, all different species of the area. It is painted on a section of a 1960’s era hollow door. Marked on the reverse: Ex. collection Ellen Holden, Amherst, Nova Scotia. 1970’s. Percy Helm also was a bird carver.

An image of the painting:

 

Percy Helm. Tidnish Bridge, Nova Scotia.

Percy Helm. Tidnish Bridge, Nova Scotia.