About the ArtiST

Holly is the founder, executive director, and primary instructor of Texas Hill Country Atelier, located in the heart of downtown Kerrville, Texas.  She formerly resided in Seattle, Washington where she taught the part-time program at Georgetown Atelier and classes at the Gage Academy. 

Holly is a graduate of Aristides Atelier, where she studied with Juliette Aristides, and of Georgetown Atelier, where she studied with Tenaya Sims.  She also earned a BFA in Studio Art from Pacific Northwest College of Art, where she graduated with the Governor’s Award for Thesis Work, and a BA in Anthropology from the University of Texas.  She began her art studies at the Aegean Center for the Fine Arts in Paros, Greece, and continued to broaden her range of practice, including 2 years of Zen Brushwork with a master in Japan.

Egg tempera is her current passion. As always, drawing the figure from life is her foundation.

contact: holly@hillcountryatelier.org