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Helene Parnell, creator of Blue Church Art, grew up in northwest Connecticut and came to Pennsylvania to study at Moore College of Art in Philadelphia. She graduated from Moore with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration and settled in Pennsylvania to pursue a career. Helene worked as a freelance illustrator and packaging graphics designer for 22 years. After retiring from her career in commercial art, she taught art in an Allentown, Pennsylvania homeschool enrichment program. In October 2003 Helene established her own art school in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania: Blue Church Art. In 2012 she received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Illustration from Marywood University. Helene lives in Coopersburg with her husband, her daughter, and some mischievous cats.
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Click here to view Helene's artwork.