ABOUT ME
GREAT TO MEET YOU.
I’m Jon Helsley, a Wyoming native who’s found himself happily settled in Montana. I am married to my beautiful wife Kathy and have a tribe of three adult kids, three grandkids, and one sweetheart of a dog named Piper.
Before happily retiring and going full-time with my art career, I squeezed in painting time on late nights and weekends during my 36-year career driving trucks for the Teamster’s.
When I’m not at home in my studio, I’m still joyfully trampling around in the mountains and taking in the world around me.
WHAT FILLS MY CUP
My love for the natural environment runs very deeply within my soul.
Having hiked and backpacked the mountains and wilderness of Montana for over fifty years, the intimate connection I've established with these wild places is what nourishes me and compels me to paint them.
The spirit of these paintings comes from somewhere deep inside of me.
To me they are not just pretty pictures, but more of a way of capturing all of those emotions I feel when I stand in awe of these wild and untamed places that I am so privileged to live close to.
A GLIMPSE INTO MY WORK
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"Wayfarers" | 24" x 18" | Alkyd on Panel
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"Still Morning, 1949" | 20" x 16" | Alkyd on Panel
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"Two Moon Autumn Morning" | 13 3/4" x 11" | Alkyd on Panel
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"Pacifica" | 24" x 18" | Alkyd on Panel
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"Bowman Lake, October Morning" | 24" x 24" | Alkyd on Panel
