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Falling Stars… from a new body of work inspired by the Four Nations, One Spirit painting for the 100th Anniversary Fiesta poster for Santa Barbara, California. See the entire show at Sullivan Goss August, 2024
This series is named after Mark Strand's poem, 89 Clouds. A collection of cloudscapes that encourage a conversation about water, whether there is drought or flood and how it impacts our survival. Many of the cloudscapes are painted on silverware, a susbtrate that has served as food service. With a new life as a cloudscape painting, these pieces remind us that water is essential for the food we consume.
From drought to flood, a creative journey that finds clouds are the highest point of inspiration.
In my painting, a lovely mythical female figure gives a nod to our citrus history. She stands as a modern goddess Pomona, the Roman mythical goddess of fruit trees and orchards. I loved weaving the themes of the “land of sunshine”, abundance, and the glittering story created to sell California oranges to the east and encourage people to move to California.
The Search for the Modern West is an exhibition that speaks to the mythology, history, and the real life experience in the West as interpreted by Modern and contemporary artists.
“Woman at the Beach” accepted out of 2,248 entries! Thank you Crocker Kingsley and juror Emma Saperstein, Chief Curator and Director of Education at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA).
The Lone Woman story and portrait by Holli Harmon is featured in the Nov/Dec issue of National Geographic History magazine.
Regenerative Cattle ranching…it’s all about the grass, which is all about the soil. And their is a lot of hope!
By expanding and restoring the understories of Oak woodlands, we can increase carbon storage, fire resilience and improve water infiltration while increasing the biodiversity of plants and animals.
The Lone Woman painting by Holli Harmon is the cover for the Santa Barbara History Museum’s Noticias journal.
SHAPES OF WATER Chandelier crystals, spider plants, and various succulents are among the items suspended by invisible threads, all under a ceiling designed to resemble a cumulus-cloud-filled sky, in artist Holli Harmon’s new installation, The Nature of Clouds, a multimedia exhibit inspired by the water cycle.
My fascination with clouds was enthusiastically explored during The River’s Journey Project. I was looking at water in all of its forms by following the water cycle. This transpiration circle begins and ends in the clouds; water’s highest source.
Four Nations, One Spirit- Come celebrate a century of Fiesta with Holli Harmon at Sullivan Goss. A little pocket show with a Big Story!