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Holland Berkley
Ever present and always enduring in Holland's life has been the journey of making
images. Whether she is developing concepts on paper, canvas, or metal plates, she
strives to draw honest and intriguing lines, to investigate the beautiful, as well as the
odd, and to illuminate the common.
Holland Berkley's goal in creating her art is to convey a sense of mystery and awe.
Her human forms, abstracted rather than literal, are placed in an environment of
graphic symbols and universal patterns derived from primitive cultures.
In her artist statement about her new work she says this "I am in the midst of
creating a visual dialogue of abstracted andprimalfigurative paintings. These paintings
are narrative and convey symbolic keys to moments in life. The energy and
application of the surface is important as I build multiplelayers of rich pigmented oil
and I feel that it is important to be spontaneous and raw. I try to allow the images to
reveal themselves to me as much as possible while I push to abstract line, color and
form.
In this way I feel that I am remaining truthful and honest to the artistic impulse and
the process of painting always remains a joyful discovery each time I approach the
canvas. I have drawn much influence from Diebenkorn, and the California abstract
figurative painters and also many more primitive cultures, Still it would behard to
place this body of work in a clear category…perhaps Nouveau Figurative."
Holland received her Bachelor of Fine arts in Painting and Art Education from the
University of Southern Mississippi. She went on to teach art in the elementary public
school system before pursuing a full time career as an artist. Over the years, she has
received numerous awards and exhibited in galleries and museums across the country.
Her work can be found in many notable private and public collections including
Disney Corporation, Exxon Corporation, Universal Studios, Federal express, Larson
Juhl, Inc, and the Ritz Carlton Corporation.
images. Whether she is developing concepts on paper, canvas, or metal plates, she
strives to draw honest and intriguing lines, to investigate the beautiful, as well as the
odd, and to illuminate the common.
Holland Berkley's goal in creating her art is to convey a sense of mystery and awe.
Her human forms, abstracted rather than literal, are placed in an environment of
graphic symbols and universal patterns derived from primitive cultures.
In her artist statement about her new work she says this "I am in the midst of
creating a visual dialogue of abstracted andprimalfigurative paintings. These paintings
are narrative and convey symbolic keys to moments in life. The energy and
application of the surface is important as I build multiplelayers of rich pigmented oil
and I feel that it is important to be spontaneous and raw. I try to allow the images to
reveal themselves to me as much as possible while I push to abstract line, color and
form.
In this way I feel that I am remaining truthful and honest to the artistic impulse and
the process of painting always remains a joyful discovery each time I approach the
canvas. I have drawn much influence from Diebenkorn, and the California abstract
figurative painters and also many more primitive cultures, Still it would behard to
place this body of work in a clear category…perhaps Nouveau Figurative."
Holland received her Bachelor of Fine arts in Painting and Art Education from the
University of Southern Mississippi. She went on to teach art in the elementary public
school system before pursuing a full time career as an artist. Over the years, she has
received numerous awards and exhibited in galleries and museums across the country.
Her work can be found in many notable private and public collections including
Disney Corporation, Exxon Corporation, Universal Studios, Federal express, Larson
Juhl, Inc, and the Ritz Carlton Corporation.
HORIZON I
Click on the images to the right to see the enlarged version of Holland Berkley 's
art work.
art work.
CRIMSON FIELD
PLAY OF LIGHT
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