Lichen Moon 2026 by Helen Boardman
Lichen Moon is part of a summer series capturing the Roaches — the dramatic gritstone ridge rising from the North Staffordshire Moorlands. The title draws on one of the most ancient and quietly extraordinary presences on high ground: lichen, the slow-growing crust of silver, gold, and grey-green that colonises gritstone over centuries, luminous in low light and moonlike in its pale, circular forms. Here, the Roaches at dusk or dawn become something older than landscape — rock and lichen and sky merging into a single, timeless surface.
Developed from plein air sketches and notes made whilst walking in early summer 2026, and completed in the studio in mid-summer 2026. Finished with artist’s professional UV satin varnish and wax.
- Artist: Helen Boardman
- Title: Lichen Moon
- Date: 2026
- Medium: Acrylic on board
- Artwork size: 20.5 × 20.5 × 1.5 cm
- Framed size: 22.5 × 22.5 × 3 cm
- Framing: Acrylic on cradled board in black wooden tray frame
- Presented: Framed, with signed Certificate of Authenticity
Helen Boardman is a semi-abstract landscape artist based in Stone, Staffordshire. A keen walker, her work is an emotional as well as visual response to the landscapes she explores — from the Staffordshire Moorlands to the Peak District. Her paintings are held in private collections across the UK and internationally.