Hélène BAUTISTA

The description of an artist’s work can be prone to pigeonholing.  With their distinctively narrative bend Hélène Bautista’s prints could be easily reduced to a definition.  Steeped in language, and a trained and practicing French teacher, Bautista clearly relishes telling a good story.  The small scale of her linocuts and aquatints can seem deceptively simple.  Yet, what makes her visual storytelling so expansive is her ability to suggest the world beyond the compositions edge.  Stairs go up, and down.  Are we in a library or in a crammed Parisian apartment?  Pavement extends to infinity, seemingly.  Does it actually only lead to the ticket booth of train station?

Born and raised in the Southern city of Toulouse, Hélène Bautista became a printmaker in 2012.  She had always drawn, but was prompted by a vision problem to reassess her activity at that time.  Lucky for us, she decided to translate the stories she discusses as a teacher, into drawings, which she shares with us.  While Bautista thrives on the strength of contrast in her linocuts, the same monochromatic commitment translates into far soften tones in her aquatints.  There’s something for each of us: those who like grayscale and those who like it spelled black on white.

Helene Bautista - Flying Fish - two tone linocut - detail Sold
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Flying Fish

BAUTISTA, Helene

Linocut printed in two colors on wove paper.Edition of 10.Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil.  

Helene Bautista - Aquarium - Linocut - detail
$125

Aquarium

BAUTISTA, Helene

Color linocut printed on wove paper.Edition of 30.Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. 

Helene BAUTISTA – Variations- Etching, sandpaper, aquatint, glue - 2020
$225

Variations

BAUTISTA, Helene

Etching, sandpaper, aquatint, glue.Edition of 30. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered “6/30” in pencil.

Helene Bautista - Pas Perdus - etching Sold
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Lost Steps

BAUTISTA, Helene

Pas Perdus (original French title) Drypoint and aquatint printed in bluish-black ink on Reina wove paper.Edition of 30.Signed, titled and numbered ...

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Helene Bautista - Envol I - Linocut - detail
$190

Flight I

BAUTISTA, Helene

Envol I (original French title) Color linocut printed on wove paper.Edition of 30.Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. 

Helene Bautista - Encounter - Aquatint - 2018 - detail
$225

Encounter

BAUTISTA, Helene

Aquatint Edition of 30. Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil.

The Waiting Room
$275

The Waiting Room

BAUTISTA, Helene

Salle des Pas Perdus (original French title)Room of Lost Steps  (literal English translation) Drypoint and aquatint printed in bluish-black ink ...

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Hélène BAUTISTA - Oser - Multiple plate aquatint printed in blue ink - detail Sold
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Oser

BAUTISTA, Helene

Aquatints on multiple cut-out plates printed in blue ink.Edition of 30. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered “1/30” in pencil.