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Holly Hope Banks was born in Columbus,
Ohio in 1957. She began her art education at the University of Toledo,
receiving her Bachelor's of Art degree in 1981. She was a registered
copyist at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. for 5
years. Holly continued her classical training at the Atelier of
Plein-air Studies for 4 years and then furthered her studies by
extensive travels in Europe.
Her work has been included in numerous national open juried
exhibitions: the last six years alone have included appearances
in the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club at the National Arts Club
in New York and with the Audubon Artists at the Salmagundi Club
in New York. She has won major awards with both art organizations
and is a full member of both. Her work has also been included in
exhibitions in 2000 and 2001 at the Butler Institute of American
Art. In 1996, Holly was one of six American artists chosen for cultural
exchange with the Union of Russian Artists. They were the first
group of American artists to be officially invited to Russia. Her
work was featured in an American/Russian show in Kolomna and Moscow,
Russia.
In 1998, Holly was named one of ten prominent emerging artists
in an article of American Artist magazine, and wrote an
article, ‘An Artistic Imagination,’ which was
published in the same magazine in the October 2001 issue. Her portrait
of ‘Ms. Ramona Tumblin’ was selected for the ‘Best
of Portrait Painting,’ North Light Books, 1998. She is
listed in numerous reference books including Who's Who in American
Art, Who's Who of American Women and Who's Who
in the World.
Holly Banks is a realist painter, who specializes in portraits,
figurative outdoor work, and still life. She is represented by Tree’s
Place Gallery in Cape Cod and Cavalier Galleries in New York as
well as several portrait galleries in the South and has her work
in important, private collections across the country. She resides
and maintains her studio in Clearwater, Florida. |
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