Rare Helen Anna Morton Watercolor Art Signed Abstract Flowers Maine 10'' x 8''    ''Pansies""Helen was born Oct. 5, 1913, in Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, USA, daughter of Freeman Henry Shackley Richardson and Atha Golderman (Andrews) Richardson. She graduated from Edward Little High School in 1931 and Farmington State Normal School in 1933. She taught school six years in Auburn, Androscoggin, Maine, USA prior to her marriage in 1939 to Herbert H. Morton Jr, of Newry, Oxford, Maine, USA, where she had lived since her marriage. She taught school in the Newry, Oxford, Maine, USA and Bethel, Oxford, Maine, USA schools until her retirement in 1970.Following the death of her husband in 1964, Helen pursued a lifelong desire to paint. She began studying with Prof. Lajos Matolscy at the Matolscy Arts Center in Norway, Oxford, Maine, USA and devoted the rest of her life to her art. She is well known in the New England area and worked in oil, watercolor, pencil, pen and ink, crayon, pastels and scratchboard. Helen exhibited for many years at local galleries and was present at art shows all over Maine, USA each summer. She was a founding member of the Western Maine, USA Art Group. Her work is proudly displayed in many homes in New England. She was happiest when she was sitting outside painting and was seen in all seasons with her easel set up capturing the beauty of the state she loved.