Helen de Sybel: Borders

Highgate Gallery is pleased to host Borders, an exhibition of paintings by Helen de Sybel. Working in acrylic, oil, collage, charcoal and mixed media, she creates intense and forceful images, with an emphasis on the figure depicted in landscape or cityscape. Colour, dynamic line and challenging themes forge a powerful connection with the onlooker.

Borders first grew out of a deeply felt reaction to the plight of the refugees in the ‘Calais Jungle’ (2016). Through the medium of oil paint and collage she references the conditions of war and displacement that have driven many of these individuals and their families from their countries of origin to seek a better life.