About our Cover

ABOUT OUR

COVER ARTIST BRUCE HELANDER

The cover art for the 2023 Guide to Wellington was created by resident Bruce Helander, one of the most prominent artists in Palm Beach County history.

The cover art celebrates blue skies over an energized environment perfectly suitable for equestrian activity, including images of local landmarks including a dedicated City Hall, local first-rate hospitals and polo fields, among others. The cover also features a crowd in the grandstand for a polo match as well as a group enjoying the Flavors Mobile Food & Wine event. Well-known Wellington residents include Ashley Holzer, an Olympic Equestrian medalist who is pictured on her horse named “Bliss” in the bottom center foreground (photo credit Hypomedia), and rapper Vanilla Ice (bottom right foreground), as a community volunteer.

During Helander’s almost 40-year residency in the county, he has created numerous posters and catalogs along with his distinctive collage compositions. He also was a contributor to the New Yorker magazine for many years, and he provided illustrations to the United Nations and the Vatican, among other high-profile organizations.

His collages are in more than 50 permanent museum collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Norton Museum of Art owns 27 collages, and honored Helander with a solo exhibition in 2003. He is a former Worth Avenue art dealer, served as an ARCOM Commissioner for the Town of Palm Beach and was vice president of the Worth Avenue Association. He is a former White House Fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts and the former editor-in-chief of the Art Economist. In 2014, he was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame, one of only two recipients in history from Palm Beach.

This unique poster design is being offered at a wholesale price of $250 for a fine art print in a signed and numbered edition. A generous percentage of net proceeds will benefit Meals on Wheels.