Holly with husband, David
Holly Herron
Media: Oil, Collage, Colored Pencil
Studio: 85
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Holly currently works out of her studio at Tannery Row Artist Colony in historic downtown Buford, GA. She is a retired educational administrator, and a self-taught artist.
In 2006, soon after retiring, Holly studied with Bet Borgeson, in the colored pencil medium. Many of her colored pencil works have been sold, but almost all of them can be special ordered as giclee prints.
Working in colored pencil allowed Holly to sharpen her drawing skills and her knowledge of color, composition, value scales, etc. Her teacher in this medium was Bet Borgeson. You can view information about her online courses here.
"I quickly outgrew my small studio at home and was lucky to find a studio to rent at Tannery Row. After several months working in a much larger space, I've decided to concentrate my focus on collage (including encaustic) and oil painting."
She prefers to work intuitively when creating her collages, mixing a variety of media to achieve the desired results. Most of her encaustic collages are on wood panels, providing needed rigid support for this medium. Each collage has multiple layers of decorative or hand made papers, paint, texures, printed words or letters, and original images. The botanical theme is carried throughout the collection of collages below.
Other sites featuring Holly Herron's work:
Pentimento Studio (an artist group)
Borgesonstudio.com (all things colored pencil)
"Metamorphosis"
24 x 24 mixed media collage
on wood panel
"Ode to William Blake"
24 x 36 mixed media collage
on canvas
"Pears Redux"
12 x 12
mixed media collage
on canvas
"Gilding the Lily "
20 x 20
mixed media collage
on wood
"Onions & Pears"
9 x 12
oil on canvas
"Butterfly Effect"
10 x 10 encaustic collage on canvas
"Temple of Flora After John Robert Thornton"
24 x 36 mixed media collage on canvas
"Poire Gigantique"
24 x 36
mixed media collage
on wood panel
"Madame Butterfly"
24 x 24 encaustic collage
on wood panel
"Genna in Straw Hat"
9 x 12 oil on canvas
"Bras d'homme After Charles Bargue"
sepia pencil on paper
"Pieds de Profil After Charles Bargue"
sepia pencil on paper
"Main de Femme After Charles Bargue"
sepia pencil on paper
"Pears"
9 x 12
oil on canvas