Mary Helsaple Artworks Gallery

Cut out Scrubjay tucked into cutout branch.
Watercolor
Adding a Hummingbird to the Composition
Watercolor
Creating an illusion of Depth
Watercolor
Ruby Throated 5x7
Watercolor
Mrs Beazley the Cat
Physics of Watercolor by Sedona Watercolor Artists Mary Helsaple
Paperback book, Paper, 8 x 5.5 x .3". The Physics of Watercolor provides descriptions and illustrations of ‘what happens when watercolor hits the paper’. Helsaple explains: “After numerous requests over the years, I fin…
Jungle Lace
Watercolor, Paper, 22(30.5F) x 29(38F) x Matted and framed. The forest floor contains a myriad of shapes, colors, and patterns, all part of the ongoing decay and renewal so important to rainforest regeneration. As the l…
Ancient Icons
Watercolor, Paper, 22 x 30. Fabric has long been the palette on which indigenous people have expressed their connection to nature. By re-creating animal, plant and insect images, they acknowledge and reaffirm how nature…
Anhinga
Watercolor, Paper, 30 x 23. Anhingas are unique because the spear fish with their beaks while swimming below the surface of the water. Buy using their wings and feet for propulsion, they can swim as fast as the fish. Be…
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Mary & Scrub Jays 3
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Watercolor
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Watercolor
Enviable Flight
Watercolor, Paper, 25 x 34 x Matted and framed. The diversity of plant and animal species in the rainforest canopy is remarkable. It is a habitat filled with exotic birds and bizarre insects in every shape size and colo…
Trouble in Paradise
Watercolor, Paper, 25(35F) x 40(49.5F) x Matted and Framed. Civilized societies are able to mobilize and take action in a crisis. What can animals do to influence us to minimize the impact we have on our cooperative wor…
Existence at a Price
Watercolor, Paper, 25 x 40. If a Scarlet Macaw chick survives being stolen from its nest and smuggled into other countries by the illicit pet trade, it will have the misfortune to be deprived of it's chosen mate, the fo…
Environmental Artists - Brookgreen
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Watercolor
Passion for Palm Nuts
Watercolor, Paper, 25 x 34. Many places exist on earth where exotic creatures defy the imagination. Toucans are such characters. They like to play with their food, and are very curious birds. Toucans are the first ones…
Diversity
Watercolor, Paper, 35(44F) x 25(35F) x Matted and Framed. In the two paintings, Diversity and Destruction, I compare the present with the future. Irrevocable choices are being made before we realize what we are changing…
Trouble in Paradise
Watercolor, Paper, 25 x 35. We are burning the rainforest. Civilized societies are able to mobilize and take action in a crisis. What can animals do to influence us to minimize the impact we have on our cooperative worl…
Cut out Owl
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Watercolor
Ancient Icons
Watercolor, Paper, 22 x 30. Fabric has long been the palette on which indigenous people have expressed their connection to nature. By re-creating animal, plant and insect images, they acknowledge and reaffirm how nature…
Destruction
Watercolor, Paper, 35(45F) x 25(34F) x Matted and Framed. In the two paintings, Diversity and Destruction, I compare the present with the future. Irrevocable choices are being made before we realize what we are changing…
Nose to Nose in Nature
Watercolor, Paper, 33 x 23. An Ocelot and a Poison-dart frog meet nose to nose in the Amazon tree tops. The frog carries paralyzing toxins, and the Ocelot has powerful crushing jaws. Humans mostly only learn how to inte…
3D example
Pelican Journal 3
Watercolor
Doves in The Garden
Watercolor, Clayboard, 22(29.5F) x 30(37.5F) x Framed without glass. Two doves frequented my garden, and they always sat on the same rock I enjoyed their company and so I decided to paint them in their tranquil surround…
Tribes - A World Apart
Watercolor, Paper, 25(43F) x 40(47F) x Matted and framed. The Yaminawa has slicked down his hair with a mixture of red Achiote dye and tree sap. The Hoatzin is an ancient species of bird that digests leaves with two sto…
Predator or Prey
Watercolor, Paper, 25 x 40. When we walk in the wild undisturbed forest, we travel the paths of all ancient, primitive people and the creatures that preceded us. Our technology enables us to have a dominant role over na…
MKH_2311 L Sparrow Study
Watercolor
Artist Painting The Rainforest
Watercolor, Paper, 26(34F) x 30.5(39.5F) x Matted and framed. By immersing herself in the environment, the artist can create images of scenes that never where, but that could have been. The relationship between nature a…
White Pelicans
Watercolor, Paper, 9.5 (19F) x 20 (29F) x Framed and matted. The estuary in San Carlos Mexico is a haven for wintering birds. More than 20 bird species roost in the mangrove trees along the edges of the winding tidal wa…
A Passion for Palm Nuts
Watercolor, Paper, 25 x 34. High in the Amazon tree tops, a Cuvier's Toucan gorges himself on palm nuts, one of his favorite rainforest delicacies. Toucans are such characters. They like to play with their food, and are…
Rufous Hummingbird Cut-out
Kelp Crab Hermit Crab MKH_4227
Watercolor
Existence at a Price
Watercolor, Paper, 25.5(34F) x 40(48F) x Matted and framed. When a Scarlet Macaw survives being stolen from its nest and smuggled into other countries by the illicit pet trade, it will have the misfortune to be deprived…
Roseatte Spoonbills
Watercolor, Paper, 9.5 (19F) x 20 (29F) x Framed and matted
Enviable Flight
Watercolor, Paper, 23 x 33. The diversity of plant and animal species in the rainforest canopy is remarkable. It is a habitat filled with exotic birds and bizarre insects in every shape size and color, rarely seen close…
3D - Cut-out example
Herring Gull MKH_4235
Watercolor
Discovering the Edge
Watercolor, Clayboard, 16"(23F) x 20"(27F) x Matted and framed. Life is full of risks, and sometimes we end up on a precarious edge when we seek out new vistas and adventures to challenge ourselves. Whether human or rep…
Another Point Of View
Watercolor, Paper, 28.5(36F) x 33(41F) x Matted and framed. As we walk down a trail in the Rainforest, the natural world is all around us. It is from the forest floor perspective that we see the environment and we relat…
Intruder
Watercolor, Paper, 25 x 40. We often intrude upon nature's delicate equilibrium. When a human intruder's shadow causes a frog to jump, a Sun Bittern will take the opportunity and snatch the frog, and the Ocelot will fre…
Sedona Cathedral Rock
Watercolor
Spanish Gold - Cochineal Beetles
Watercolor, Clayboard, 19.5(25F) x 15.5(21F) x Matted and Framed without glass. When Spaniards arrived in Mexico, they the noticed the intense scarlet color of clothing worn by the natives. The red was brighter and bett…
Intruder
Watercolor, Paper, 25(35F) x 40(49.5F) x Matted and framed. We often intrude upon nature's delicate equilibrium. When we cause a frog to jump, a bittern will take the opportunity to react and snatch the frog, and the oc…
Rainforest Madonna
Watercolor, Paper, 27 x 36. In the new millennium, it hard to imagine that there still exist tribes of indigenous people called the Machiguenga, living and thriving as they always have deep in the lowland rainforests of…
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Watercolor
Lark Sparrows Hunting for Bugs
Watercolor, Paper, 12(22F) x 9(18F) x Matted and Framed. A multi-level layered watercolor of Lark Sparrows hunting for insects in mangrove branches in the San Carlos Estuary in Mexico. The layering adds extra depth to t…
Predator or Prey
Watercolor, Paper, 28(35F) x 40.5(49.5F) x Matted and framed. When we walk in the wild undisturbed forest, we travel the paths of all ancient, primitive people and creatures that preceded us. Our technology enables us t…
Artist Painting The Rainforest
Watercolor, Paper, 26 x 31. I have made many trips to the Amazon Rainforest to create paintings of the fascinating images I find there. By immersing myself in the environment, I can create images of scenes that never wh…
Southwest Doorway
Watercolor
Anhinga
Watercolor, Paper, 30 x 23. Anhingas are unique because the spear fish with their beaks while swimming below the surface of the water. By using their wings and feet for propulsion, they can swim as fast as the fish. Bec…
Rainforest Madonna
Watercolor, Paper, 26(36F) x 36(45F) x Matted and framed. In the new millennium, it hard to imagine that there still exist tribes of indigenous people called the Machiguenga, living and thriving as they always have deep…
The Picnic
Watercolor, Paper, 24 x 36. Survival is no picnic in the rainforest. From the largest to the smallest creature, only labor and dedication ensures their continued survival. This painting of South American Leaf Cutter ant…
Mrs Beazley the Cat
Watercolor
Wishful Thinking
Watercolor, Paper. Betting and games of chance are becoming an American pastime. 48% of the players of chance games are between the ages of 35 to 55. The organizers know there will always be more who play into the syste…
The Picnic
Watercolor, Paper, 21.5(31F) x 29(38F) x Matted and framed. Survival is no picnic in the rainforest. From the largest to the smallest creature, labor and dedication ensures that existence continues. This painting of Sou…
Another Point Of View
Watercolor, Paper, 32 x 36. In this painting, the tree top dwellers look down on two humans, far below on the forest floor. As we walk down a trail in the Rainforest, the natural world is all around us. It is from the f…
High Country Grazing
Watercolor
Tribes - A World Apart
Watercolor, Paper, 25 x 40. The Yaminahua has slicked down his hair with a mixture of red Achiote dye and tree sap. The Hoatzin is an ancient species of bird that digests leaves with two stomachs, similarly to a cow. He…
Cutting Edge
Watercolor, Paper, 30(38F) x 22(30F) x Matted and framed. The under forest canopy keeps the atmosphere cool and moist, where the cut areas become hot and dry from the piercing sun. Is to be on the cutting edge, the brin…
Symbiosis
Watercolor, Paper, 22 x 29. There are still places on this vast earth where the ancient system of shared cooperation exists. The Quechua native with his basket of lilies tills the soil to grow flowers to sell for food.…
Symbiosis
Watercolor, Paper, 22(33F) x 29(39F) x Matted and framed. There are still places on this vast earth where the ancient system of shared cooperation exists. The Quechua native with his basket of lilies tills the soil to g…
Discovering the Edge
Watercolor, Clayboard, 16(22F) x 20(26F) x Framed, no glass
Sedona Watercolor Artist Mary Helsaple's Work Table
Sedona Watercolor Artist Mary Helsaple's Work Table
Gathering Place
Watercolor, Paper, 29 x 41. Peru's Quechua mothers and Yellow-rumped Cacique families gather in the morning to share their stories. We gather together for safety and security. We share information on food, shelter, and…
Hansen Museum
Father of All Retrievers
Watercolor, Paper, 29.5(38F) x 21.5(30F) x Matted and Framed. his realistic painting of a golden retriever asks the viewer to question the status quo. To me, the dogged commitment to WINNING, no matter the cost, is embo…
Territorial Dispute - California Condor
Watercolor, Paper, 40(47F) x 25(34F) x Matted and Framed. The California Condor is a 'contemporary dinosaur'. We spend millions of dollars and great emotional energy to pull this unique species back from the brink of ex…
Turtle Magic
Watercolor, Paper, 22(33F) x 29(39F) x Matted and Framed. Toys produced in a technology culture are strange, hybrid representations of plant and animal forms rooted within the natural environment. If we lose the connect…
Territorial Dispute - California Condor
Watercolor, Paper, 40 x 25. The California Condor is a 'contemporary dinosaur'. We spend millions of dollars and great emotional energy to pull this unique species back from the brink of extinction, only to find their n…
The Gathering Place
Watercolor, Paper, 29(37.5F) x 40.5(48.5F) x Matted and framed. Peru's Quechua mothers and Yellow-rumped Cacique families gather in the morning to share their stories. We gather together for safety and security. We shar…
Sedona Artist Mary Helsaple 2008
Sedona Artist Mary Helsaple paints wildlife and rainforest paintings
Pelican Polka with Whelks and Bubbles
Watercolor, Paper, 33 x 23. American White Pelicans gather in groups for feeding, sleeping, breeding and nesting. Here they are joyously dancing the Polka around the shells of Whelks, with happy bubbles floating by. Per…
Raven Mad
Watercolor, Paper, 39(50F) x 26(36F) x Matted and framed. Look who is trying to get our babies This painting is a 3-D sculptural Watercolor. It is an expanded technique of traditional watercolor with multiple painted, o…
Sedona Artist Mary Helsaple 2007
Sedona Artist Mary Helsaple paints watercolor paintings of nature, wildlife, birds, the rainforest, and the environment
Flamingo Fiesta
Watercolor, Paper, 33 x 23. Flamingos are very social creatures. They spend most of their days in large flocks in the Yucatan, feeding, dancing, mating, and raising their young in communal groups. For flamingos, it is j…
Here It Comes Again
Watercolor, Paper, 40.5(49F) x 26(33F) x Matted and Framed. Poison-dart frogs of the tropical forests use color and design to attract attention. Today’s rock-climbers imitate this same bizarre behavior with the way they…
At Home in the Wetlands
Watercolor, Paper, 33 x 24. These species are all dependent on the wetlands for their survival. This painting was used to make the CITIES poster, Treasures of the Wetlands, presented to the delegates at the Conference o…
Sedona Artist Mary Helsaple with Kids at her "Art Of the Rainforest" exhibit
Sedona Artist Mary Helsaple with Kids at her "Art Of the Rainforest" exhibit
Wild Treasures of the Caribbean
Watercolor, Paper, 33 x 24. The painting, Wild Treasures of the Caribbean, was made into a poster and a brochure to help educate tourists in the Caribbean about the trade in animals and animal parts that is causing popu…
Sedona Watercolor artist Mary Helsaple Climbing a Tower in the Amazon
Sedona Watercolor artist Mary Helsaple Climbing a Tower in the Amazon
Here It Comes Again
Watercolor, Paper, 40 x 26. Poison-dart frogs of the tropical forests use color and design to attract attention. Today’s rock-climbers imitate this same bizarre behavior with the way they dress. Each express their own i…
Turtle Magic
Watercolor, Paper, 22 x 29. Toys produced in a technology culture are strange, hybrid representations of plant and animal forms rooted within the natural environment. If we lose the connection with our natural origin; w…
Father of All Retrievers
Watercolor, Paper, 30 x 22. This realistic painting of a golden retriever asks the viewer to question the status quo. To me, the dogged commitment to WINNING, no matter the cost, is embodied in this image of a obedient…
Doves in The Garden
Watercolor, Paper, 20 x 30. Two doves frequented my garden, and they always sat on the same rock I enjoyed their company and so I decided to paint them in their tranquil surroundings. Doves are a very beautiful and deli…
Wishful Thinking
Watercolor, Paper, 26 x 40. Betting and games of chance are becoming an American pastime. 48% of the players of chance games are between the ages of 35 to 55. The organizers know there will always be more who play into…