Helga is originally from Teaneck, NJ. She has lived in The Beechwoods, just outside Callicoon, for 38 years.
Helga and her husband Fred moved here from the New York City area in 1965 to work as commercial artists,
raise a family, and continue their work as fine artists.

For several yearsHelga has worked with pressed flowers, creating collages on hand-made paper and fabric.

The watercolors landscapes are of the area. Helga often sketches from life, then refines the work in the studio.