Alice S. Helwig
E- mail: ashelwig@shaw.ca
Blog:
http://www.ashelwig.com
ARTIST STATEMENT
A.S.HELWIG utilizes techniques such
as collage, texturing, glazing
and under painting to explore the prairie landscape.
“I
am painting the landscape that is familiar to me,” says Helwig. “The imagery that I have been working
with has become
spiritual and dreamlike. The images
are quick glances we have of the landscape as we move
through it.”
Themes
of alienation, awe, personal epiphanies and prayerfulness
emerge. The fleeting moment
transcends itself
to reveal that feeling, that truth, which we intuitively understand but find difficult to
articulate. These are visual poems,
which insinuate the eternal into our understanding of
the immediate. Her work is
represented by Mountain Galleries
in Jasper, Banff and Whistler, and Blue Rock Gallery
in Black Diamond.
BIOGRAPHY
A.
S. Helwig was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. From
an early age she drew and painted.
In fact, she has painted
in acrylics since she was 14 years old in the coulee
hills close to her family home. Helwig took a two year commercial art program at the Medicine Hat
College and then a Bachelor of Education Degree (with
Distinction) from the University
of Lethbridge. Looking for
adventure she moved to Fox Lake, a small remote Indian village in Northern
Alberta. There she taught English
and art while maintaining a studio in her home. Presently residing in Calgary, Helwig remains an art
educator, and a studio artist.
You might have seen her acrylic painting show on Shaw TV called
Canvas. She is filming the third
season of this show.
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