Alice Helwig: Hiraeth
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Alice Helwig, "Memories of Roads Travelled," 2020
acrylic on canvas, unframed, 24" x 36"
Alice Helwig: Hiraeth
Alice Helwig is a Calgary artist who paints the scenic views of southern Alberta. For her, painting is a profoundly spiritual and meditative act. Often her paintings are about resilience and hope, using familiar landscapes and skies as metaphors.This collection of newest works includes Plein Air studies painted this past September as well as larger pieces that brood upon nostalgia for a home we cannot return to—what the Welsh call hiraeth, a longing to be where your spirit lives.