HELEN KERRIDGE
Kerridge is a Hawkes Bay based artist with a twenty-two year history of both teaching art and painting. In late 2022 she retired from teaching to focus full time on her art.
Painting in both acrylic and oils Kerridge has two main genres that she is known for: photo-realism still life being her main focus but a second, more stylized genre continues to reappear where there is always another layer of meaning beyond the visible. These paintings strongly reference the Old Dutch Masters, hinting at issues outside the objects shown.
Her work is held in both private and public collections throughout New Zealand.