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She has two decades of experience (beginning when she packed her suitcase at 16, leaving family and Melbourne behind) living and working at isolated roadhouses, rabbit shooting camps, cattle stations, skinning foxes and shark hunting, to name a few.
After moving to Broome, Western Australia in 1985, she began to paint for the first time since leaving school and had her first solo exhibition with the Broome Regional Art Gallery in 1988.
Helen describes herself as a reporter of the human condition. “There is always a hidden agenda in my work.” Norton says.
“I’m not a decorative artist. I paint to examine, to undo questions and I hope that people who view my work learn from it too. Whatever level they’re at, their own life’s experiences will tell them how to read my paintings.”
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