“With new bronze sculptures and encaustic paintings, Holly Wilson imagines a realm between the human and the spiritual.” by Jeffrey Carlson

Here is a link to the article by Jeffrey Carlson Reporting Contributing Editor, Fine Art Today, (October 23, 2014), Fine Art Connoisseur
www.fineartconnoisseur.com

 “Intertwined”
Holly Wilson at Printworks Gallery in Chicago

Show runs: October 17 – November 29, 2014

Please come by the gallery or visit the new work on line.

www.hollywilson.com

Printworks Gallery
311 W. Superior Street | Chicago, IL 60654
312.664.9407
www.printworksgallery.com

Holly Wilson-July 2014 American Art Collector Review-Page 118
American Art Collector wrote a wonderful preview of my work in their July 2014 issue. The work will be at the upcoming ART SANTA FE, represented by Bonner David Galleries. The Art Fair is this July 2014 in Santa Fe, NM. I hope you will get to enjoy both the words and the work.  Click this link for PDF:  HollyWilson-July 2014 American Art Collector Review

July 10 – July 13, 2014
Art Santa Fe,
Represented by Bonner David Galleries
SANTA FE CONVENTION CENTER
201 W. Marcy, Santa Fe, NM
OPENING NIGHT GALA VERNISSAGE: Thursday, July 10, 5 – 8 PM
Friday, 11-6; Saturday, 11-6; Sunday, 11-6
http://www.artsantafe.com

Bonner David Galleries
7040 E. Main Street
Scottsdale, Ariz. 85251
480.941.8500
www.bonnerdavid.com/

“I’m Not Done Yet”
New work by Holly Wilson at M. A. Doran Gallery

The first row of origami cranes are white for hope, the second row are red for passion, and the top row are black for our fears.

Please come by the gallery or visit the new work on line.www.madorangallery.com

M.A. Doran Gallery
3509 S. Peoria Avenue | Tulsa, OK 74105
918.748.8700
www.madorangallery.com

Here is a link to the article by Jeffrey Carlson Reporting Contributing Editor, Fine Art Today, (January 16, 2014), Fine Art Connoisseur, www.fineartconnoisseur.com

Holly Wilson-SWAIA 2013 Best of Show preview- won 2nd Place Mixed Media Sculpture

Here are few photographs of the Process of getting ready to go to SWAIA Indian Market, in Santa Fe, NM, as well as the event itself. This event is recognized as the largest Indian Art Market in the world. Over 1200 Native American artists are juried in to participate. It was an honor to be included in this show. This show ran August 17 and 18 in Santa Fe, NM.

Walls for upcoming “SWAIA 92nd Annual Santa Fe Indian Market 2013″
Booth # 906 CAT
Aug 17, Saturday 7:00 a.m. to 5 p.m
Aug 18, Sunday, 8:00 – 5pm

Moving a home is tough but I do feel moving a studio and business is a whole other beast!

I was not sure my hands could hurt this bad or that I could be so tired but with that said the end has come and all the boxes, tubs and art making items are now in there new home!

It took 3 – 26 ‘ moving trucks with 4 moving men

11 Van loads

5 Subaru loads

The full story will be left for a stormy night by a fire when I need to tell a really scary story!

Total boxes: 97    Total tubs: 65

With an  over all count of 162

The winner is: Luanne with 155

Thank you all for your guesses! it was fun to see how many it took and really put moving again in a new light! Luanne I will be emailing you today Congratulation!

For me moving has always meant that I must stop, take stock of my life and then give up asking “why do I have so much stuff” and just put it in a box and move it to the new place!

To make this more fun I offer a guessing game! like that of how many jelly beans are in the jar, but “How many boxes and tubs does it take to move Holly Wilson’s Studio?”

I will not be counting the things that DO NOT fit in a box.

And yes there will be a fun give away at the end! The fun give a way will be an 3″ x 5″ encaustic Bird (no bronze) using an image of the winners as a base to work from, I get to pick the bird you most look like to ME!

Rules:

Post your guess here on the blog. I will number all the boxes and tubs I bring out of the 2 studios (one inside one outside)

The person who is the closes without going over will be contacted about their fun bird like image! I will post the winner and their bird image!

Here are a few images to help you figure just how much stuff there is to pack. I will not be counting the things that DO NOT fit in a box.

The Guessing end at midnight Central Standard time, July 31, 2013

Only one guess per person! check other numbers please

Happy Guessing!

Studio shop view 3 and yes those cabinets are full of things! LOL

Holly Wilson in her booth March 2 – March 3, 2013
“55th Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market 2013”
Booth # D-56
Heard Museum Phoenix

“Stainless Steel Pins” those are the words I forgot to say to myself  last time I did this base!
They will hold the investment in place so it does not move! We are happy and NOW ready to pour!

“Keeper of the Sorrows”, Bronze, 31″ x 29″ x 17″, by Holly Wilson

Working out where the sticks go and how many origami cranes I need. This is a piece I have been working on for about a year and then some. “Keeper of the Sorrows”.

It was inspired from a story of a young 12 year old Japanese girl, Sadako Sasaki, that was diagnosed with leukemia several years after radiation exposure from the atomic bomb that was dropped on August 6, 1945, near her home. She was trying to make 1000 cranes before her death. An ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane, The crane in Japan is one of the mystical or holy creatures and is said to live for a thousand years, thus the 1000 cranes. The story tells that she managed to fold only 644 cranes before she became too weak to fold any more, after her passing her friends completed the cranes and buried them all with her. Now every year on Obon Day, which is a holiday in Japan to remember the departed spirits of one’s ancestors, thousands of people leave paper cranes near a statue of Sadako Sasaki. On the statue is a plaque: “This is our cry. This is our prayer. Peace on Earth.”

This story touch me in a way I just can not put words to.