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About Holly

Influenced by her Aunt Mary, Holly's passion for the arts increased throughout her early years.  Later having received a BFA from Eastern Michigan University, she dove into the high-tech design world of the television industry. 
 

"I was working in the Detroit and DC metropolitan areas as a graphic designer in cold, dark rooms surrounded by computer screens, and I started to really miss being out in nature observing the real world, and honestly I just missed the smell of paint! I missed the creative expression of painting on canvas."


Holly has received many accolades from her admirers, such as "Love the colors and movement", "Vibrant", "Full of joy and life."

Her painting “Autumn on the Potomac” won “Best in Show" 26th Annual Members Show, Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio. The show features Walt Bartman's interview with Harry Cooper, Head Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [interview link here https://bit.ly/3poJvOF]

 

Holly's painting-inspired travels have taken her to Santorini, Greece and Italy’s Amalfi Coast, where she joined plein air workshops sponsored by the Yellow Barn Studio. She constantly finds interesting places to paint around the DMV, and is always intent on finding that spark of beauty and atmosphere that awaits. Holly currently is on staff, teaching at the Yellow Barn Studio, Glen Echo MD.  https://walterbartman.com/yellow-barn-studio/

SELECT SHOWS, AWARDS

Paint Annapolis 2023

Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association Award - Public Artist

Art on the Avenue Award - First Place

"Sailing Eastport"

Rockville Art League 2023

Essence of Summer - Award Third Prize

(juror Therese Capal)

"Potomac Haven"

Paint the Town Labor Day Show 2022

Kensington Historic Armory, Md.

“Professor” Honorable Mention (juror Lenny Campello)

September 2022

Glenview Mansion Art Gallery

Rockville Art League Juried Members’ Sunflower Show

“At Rest” Honorable Mention (juror Steve Loya)

July 2022

BWI Airport/Glen Echo Park Faculty Show

https://www.bwiairport.com/at-bwi/places-to-go/art-exhibits

July 2022

"Paint It" Ellicott City, Howard County Arts Council, MD

“Rooftops” Honorable Mention (juror Ron Donoughe)

June 2022

27th Annual Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio Members Show

“Sunflower Time” Honorable Mention (juror David Sharpe)

December 2021

 

Wren’s Nest

Collaborative Space 

group exhibition June 2021 

 

Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio Presents The 26th Annual Members Show

Best in Show “Autumn on the Potomac” (juror Harry Cooper, Head Curator of Modern

& Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC)

December 2020

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