Holly Lamkay is a painter that deals
mainly
with
women’s
issues
through an autobiographical approach. Holly finds that working
through issues in her own life
through art helps her to identify
with her emotions. She hopes her
art serves the same purpose for
others. Because Holly is insecure
about her body, a large portion of
her work involves the nude female
body. She aims to create a sense of
depth, conceptually and visually.
The human body inspires her; she is
able to express the hidden desire
for self-destructive behavior and
how an individual can consciously change that path.
Living with bipolar disorder can be
very difficult. Holly finds herself
struggling and changing daily,
but using art as an outlet plays a
major role in her healing process.
She finds herself on an “emotional
rollercoaster” at times; at the same
time she knows that without this
disorder, her canvas would be
blank and her ideas would be lost
in translation. When life gets
hard some of Holly’s best work is
produced.