That spiritual quality, that affinity between the artist and the mood of the subject, which raises a print above the level of a sound piece of craftsmanship or a bit of intellectual objectivity and endows it with the spirit of true art, is presnet in every on of Helen West Heller's woodcuts . . .

. . . she is a true worker on wood, a true exponent of one of the most expressive and beautiful of all graphic media; what is even more significant, she is a true artist in her approach to it - passionately intense, highly imaginative, profoundly thoughtful, Helen Heller knows life through having lived it, sympathizes with and rejoices in it through her own knowledge of human suffering and joy; and, by the sensitivity of her soul and the skill of her hand, she has learned to interpret these things with rare mastery and understanding. To this one of her many admirers she has, through her self and her art, brought much spiritual help and inspiration.

John Taylor Arms