GS&NS: What inspires you to create? What energizes you and compels you to create something on canvas?
Hollie: Artists have inspired me such as Augusta Savage, Kesha Bruce, Natalia Anciso, Norman Rockwell, Marie Laurencin, Kerry James Marshall. I am compelled by refocusing my perspective. I love creating a literal embodiment of my thought process.
GS&NS: Talk about your process as an artist. How do you work?
Hollie: I work in three-four month obsessive 6-12 hour days working in the studio and then I won’t work again for six months. I am trying to create more often when I am in school. I usually work in 24 x 30 or 18 x 24 in sheets of watercolor or acrylic paper. I draw something sometimes telling a story. Sometimes the subject is part of a series. I usually will paint after the under drawing is finished. Color is critical I am also able to evoke mood and tension with my color palette.
Evolution: An Anthology