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Greg Helding
A Racine native,
Greg became interested in drawing in grade school and
excelled in High School art classes. Twenty years
later,
in 1993, Greg started taking night classes at the Wustum
Museum. After trying charcoal, watercolor, and oil.
Greg discovered
pastels in a drawing class and was hooked. Greg has
since learned portrait and life drawing under the
instruction of John Parsons.
"I like the ease
and convenience of working with pastels and the uniqueness
of their effect on paper. When I draw with them my
finished piece emerges as a painting. The different
papers provide depth to the work by adding texture. I
view my work as a
challenge to depict objects from nature while experimenting
with color and composition. I am inspired by Degas,
one of the best
known artists to ever use pastels. |
