Rosedale photographer Helen Okey adds the extra to ordinary. Her ethereal, transformative portraits of people and chooks feature in an exhibition at the Batemans Bay library which is running from 2nd to 21st of July. A flick through her portfolio of portraits at the exhibition shows suburban mums metamorphosing into Grace Kellys and backyard chooks into exotic , almost peacock like, creations.
And the exhibition also features some exquisite, almost celestial, dancer portraits.
A childhood dominated by the dressup box and a career in clothing and fashion design before studying photography have given Helen her classic and often quirky portraiture style. She likes photo shoots to be fun and it shows.
Helen will conducting an Artist Residency at the Batemans Bay library on Tuesday 10 July from 10.30am- 12 noon where she will be revealing some of her retouching techniques and post production work on her computer.
