H. Alves was born in the town of Recife in the State of Pernambouco in Brazil, and in 2001, Alves left her native country to move to Canada.

While in Brazil, Alves worked as a decorator and as a designer for an architecture agency. Drawing and decorating have always been essential in her approach to painting. According to Alves, “painting is a pleasure and a matter of necessity in expressing herself”.

Alves’ first encounter with visual arts happened when she was in secondary school, but it is only later that she took classes to learn to master various techniques such as oil pastels, watercolor on paper, and oils and acrylic on canvas. It is actually with acrylic that Alves creates original and creative paintings using different textures on the canvas.

Alves’ work is motivated by the following painters: Portinare, José de Moura, Frida Callo, Diego Rivera, Danielle Lantaigne, and Amadeu Modigliani.H. Alves was born in the town of Recife in the State of Pernambouco in Brazil, and in 2001, Alves left her native country to move to Canada.

While in Brazil, Alves worked as a decorator and as a designer for an architecture agency. Drawing and decorating have always been essential in her approach to painting. According to Alves, “painting is a pleasure and a matter of necessity in expressing herself”.

Alves’ first encounter with visual arts happened when she was in secondary school, but it is only later that she took classes to learn to master various techniques such as oil pastels, watercolor on paper, and oils and acrylic on canvas. It is actually with acrylic that Alves creates original and creative paintings using different textures on the canvas.

Alves’ work is motivated by the following painters: Portinare, José de Moura, Frida Callo, Diego Rivera, Danielle Lantaigne, and Amadeu Modigliani.

Peintre brésilienne née à ville de Recife au l`état du Pernambouco, ville arrondi des fleuves, plages, lumières et couleurs.
Alves à quitte son pais d`origine à l`année de 2001 pour vivre à Montréal.
Au brésil ella a travaille comme décoratrice et dessinatrice dans un bureau d`architecture. Le dessin et la décoration ont été toujours ensable avec sa peinture. Pour elle peintre " c`est un plaisir et une nécessité d`expression ".

Son première contacte avec l`art plastique c`était au études secondaire s. Plus tard Helena a suivi les cours des différents techniques tel comme : pastel à l`huile et aquarelle sur papie, l`huile et acrylique sur toile. C`est avec l`acrylique que Alves développe ses peintures de façons originelle, créative en utilisant des différents textures sur toile.

La peintre brésilienne être influencer par les peintres: Portinari; Portinare; José de Moura; Frida Callo; Diego Rivera; Danielle Lantaigne; Amadeu modigliani; entre outres.