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Helle Martin

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Helle is a native of Estonia. She lived and studied in Germany before emigrating to the United States. She has had a studio at the Pendleton since 1991.

Helle studied art and German at Indiana University in Bloomington where she received a Bachelor of Arts. Graduate study of German, Middlebury College in Vermont (M.A.) and of art at Indiana University and at University of Cincinnati.

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She started as a figurative and representational artist (painter) but has become more and more interested in expressing her art in abstract or semi-abstract forms. Most of her paintings are untitled, not wanting to influence the viewer's observations or feelings while viewing her art.

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