Project Type: Portfolio

September 8, 2022

Renewal: The Belief in Hope

They say that to grow a garden is to believe in hope; you must believe that the seeds you put into the earth will grow. The beauty of this simple act has captivated me since I watched my dad garden when I was very small. He would tie string so tight for the beans to climb that when the winds of Oklahoma would blow, the string would sing. It was as if the garden was a symphony in and of itself with the strings and the sound of the corn stalks rattling. The buzz of the bees as they made their way from flower-to-flower fat with the bright yellow pollen and the crackling hum of the cicadas in the late Oklahoma August months. I can close my eyes and am transported back.

“Renewal: The Belief in Hope”
Unique Cast Bronze with Patina and Birch Panel
40” x 30” x 8”

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Bonner David Galleries

22 E. 81 ST | New York City, New York 10028 | 929.226.7800 | www.bdgartboutique.com
7040 E. Main Street | Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 | 480.941.8500 | www.BonnerDavid.com

Renewal The Belief in Hope- Holly Wilson

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August 9, 2022

I Am More than Fluff

Unique Cast Bronze, Patina, Glass, Brass, and Feathers, 14” x 6” x 6”, 2022

I am more than the view that my people are frozen in time, lost to a romanticized ideal of who the Native Americans were, we are more, and we are still here. I am not this fluff; I am here; I am loud and larger than life.

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The Studio
Mustang, OK 73064 | 405.308.0239

I Am More Than Fluff-detail-Holly Wilson — I Am More Than Fluff

I Am More Than Fluff-sv-Holly Wilson — I Am More Than Fluff

I Am More Than Fluff-open-Holly Wilson — I Am More Than Fluff

July 18, 2022

Wind Rider

Wind Rider

Unique Cast Bronze and Patina, 17” x 48” x 8.5” , 2022

My children and I love to pick up sticks that look like birds or dragons. In the story I made up with my daughter there is a young girl who is playing outside when she hears a rustling in the bushes next to her, as she looks closer, she sees this beautiful dragon emerge with a long body and tail. They both stare at each other in amazement and then the dragon says, “Can you see me? Only MY Rider can truly see me.” The young girl tells the dragon “I can see you”, and then they rode through the skies for the rest of the afternoon. When her mom looked out the window, she only saw her playing with a stick, but for the girl, she saw her dragon, and she was the Wind Rider.

As we get older, I think we forget to see the dragons that are hiding in the sticks and that we can fly through the skies with our arms outstretched, feeling the wind pass beneath us. I try to remember, never stop looking for the magic, and that our dreams can come true.

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Currently on view in Scottsdale

7040 E. Main Street | Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 | 480.941.8500 | www.BonnerDavid.com

Wind Rider

July 8, 2022

Bloodline, Keeper of the Seeds

Bloodline, Keeper of the Seeds
2021, 30″ x 98″ x 18″ in, Unique cast bronze with patina, cedar, and steel

It is a matriarchal society that my family lineage comes from; the woman cared for the children and the stories of their family. They told the history and planted the seeds for the next generation. Their lives, my life, and that of my daughter are full of the twists and turns that women hold in our society.

The Cigar Figures come from a childhood Native American story that my mother told of the “Stick People.” The “Stick People” would run through the night and call your name; if you went with them, you were never heard from again. She never described the figures, and I was always drawn to the idea of what they looked like. The Cigar Figures are my reimagining of that story, now a story of family and my past—a complicated narrative of loss, survival, and resilience. The figures are made from real cigars and found sticks, all cast in bronze. The faces are of the ancestors and family shaped from the idea of a cameo or silhouette painting to capture the faces of the families.

When hung, the light casts a shadow of the figures on the wall. This shadow represents memory for me. Like a shadow, these memories cannot be held, and in the end, we are all only a shadow in history, shadows on this earth.

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For inquiries, please contact Bonner David Galleries

Currently on view in Scottsdale

7040 E. Main Street | Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 | 480.941.8500 | www.BonnerDavid.com

May 30, 2022

Through the Years

Through the Years

Unique Cast Bronze, Patina, 48” x 34” x 7.5”, 2022

To grow a garden is a belief in hope. You plant the seeds, the earth, the sun, and rain whisper to the flower that it is time to grow. It is the perennial flowers that come back year after year, their roots get stronger with each year, and some send a tap root deep into the earth to hold onto their place in the high winds and thick snows. That tip of green that shoots up in the early spring brings me a feeling of joy the dark winter is passing and spring with all that it brings is on the way. I can hear the buzz of the bees as they made their way from flower-to-flower fat with the bright yellow pollen and the crackling hum of the cicadas in the Oklahoma air. I can close my eyes and am transported back Through the Years.

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MA Doran Gallery
3509 S. Peoria Avenue | Tulsa, OK 74105 | 918.748.8700

Through the Years-Holly Wilson-Detail — Through the Years

Throught the Years-Holly Wilson — Through the Years

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April 17, 2022

We Rise

Unique Cast Bronze, Patina, Steel and Cedar, 36”x 17” x 8”, 2022

There is that moment in your life when you realize you must stand no matter how exhausted your body is or how tired your mind feels, your soul must rise to hold up not just yourself but for the ones around you that cannot, the ones who need you to hold them while they rest. We Rise, we carry on, to be counted, to seen, to be heard.

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MA Doran Gallery
3509 S. Peoria Avenue | Tulsa, OK 74105 | 918.748.8700

April 2, 2022

Night Garden by the Light of the Fireflies

Night Garden by the Light of the Fireflies

Unique Cast Bronze, Patina, Encaustic on Birch, 30”x 24” x 5”, 2022

The garden in the summer nights is a place of magic. The fireflies fill the air with their warm yellow glow. I am transported to another time, one where you would run after the glow with amazement trying to capture the rings of light in a glass jar. We would put holes for air and watch for hours as they would bling on and off all while lying in the thick summer grass. As the night came to a close and our beds would beckon us to come, we would open the jars and watch as the magic light would fly away. It is in those moments that time in the night garden was frozen, and we ourselves were magic.

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MA Doran Gallery
3509 S. Peoria Avenue | Tulsa, OK 74105 | 918.748.8700

Night Garden by the Light of the Fireflies

April 1, 2022

False Face

Unique Cast Bronze, Patina on Crape Myrtle, 57”x 10” x 5”, 2022

My Dad taught at the Fort Sill Indian School and there where many evening that the different staff and faculty members would have each other over for dinners and they would tell stories of their people and as a kid I remember hearing the many different stories and thinking of them as ours, the Delaware. One of my favorites was of False Face. As I grew up, I remembered parts of the story, I then learned that the story was of the Iroquois and more about it and its importance. The Iroquois were close to the Delaware in location many years ago. This figure is of my own interpretation of the story I heard of False Face from that time long ago.

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MA Doran Gallery
3509 S. Peoria Avenue | Tulsa, OK 74105 | 918.748.8700