Biography
"I'm starting to focus my bird paintings on murmurations," she says. "I would like for people to stand before an expanse of birds, to see their wildness and beauty, and to be reminded that they are worth protecting."

Mixed-media artist Holly Harrison's art training began in poetry, and it continues to inform her creative process. Her Poetic Grid series is comprised of semi-abstract compositions that are akin to visual poems. Fields of color alternate with fields of collage; and meaning is created and gleaned through the resonant conversations that occur between them. The collage papers she uses are both meaningful and random: shopping lists, vintage comics, book and magazine pages, junk mail, her daughter's early doodles, and even pieces of her husband's works on paper. These elements bring with them a sense of story, which she obscures with washes of paint. What remains is mysterious, an impression or hint that asks the viewer to look more closely.

 

A second series focuses on the interplay between the organic shapes and fluidity of birds and the geometry of repeated horizontal lines. Harrison began working with bird imagery years ago, inspired by the Wallace Stevens poem "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." Over time, her engagement with birds has led her to appreciate their strength as well as their fragility in the face of human impact and climate change.

 

Harrison lives and works in Concord, MA. She received an MA in creative writing from The City College of New York and a BA from Wesleyan University. Her artwork has been featured at galleries and museums throughout the country and is held in private and corporate collections nationally and internationally. Additionally, she has curated two well-received shows at the Concord Center for the Visual Arts, where she was subsequently invited to join the Board of Trustees.

Select Artworks
  • Holly Harrison, Luna, 2023
    Luna, 2023$ 1,800.00
    Holly Harrison, Luna, 2023
    $ 1,800.00
  • Holly Harrison, Murmur in Pink, 2023
    Murmur in Pink, 2023$ 1,600.00
    Holly Harrison, Murmur in Pink, 2023
    $ 1,600.00
  • Holly Harrison, Murmur (Ocean Blue), 2022
    Murmur (Ocean Blue), 2022 Sold
  • Holly Harrison, Over the Red Earth, 2022
    Over the Red Earth, 2022
  • Holly Harrison, True Blue, 2022
    True Blue, 2022
  • Holly Harrison, Green Day Murmur, 2021
    Green Day Murmur, 2021 Sold
  • Holly Harrison, Lovely Day, 2021
    Lovely Day, 2021
  • Holly Harrison, Murmur (French Blue), 2021
    Murmur (French Blue), 2021 Sold
  • Holly Harrison, Murmur Over the Green, 2021
    Murmur Over the Green, 2021 Sold
  • Holly Harrison, Sea of Love, 2021
    Sea of Love, 2021 Reserved
  • Holly Harrison, Snowy Day Murmur, 2021
    Snowy Day Murmur, 2021
  • Holly Harrison, The Theater of Air, 2021
    The Theater of Air, 2021
  • Holly Harrison, Murmur (Gray and White), 2020
    Murmur (Gray and White), 2020
  • Holly Harrison, Murmur (With Circles), 2020
    Murmur (With Circles), 2020 Sold
  • Holly Harrison, Cry Me A River, 2019
    Cry Me A River, 2019
  • Holly Harrison, Moon and Moon, 2019
    Moon and Moon, 2019
  • Holly Harrison, Moon Rabbit, 2019
    Moon Rabbit, 2019 Sold
  • Holly Harrison, Realigned, 2018
    Realigned, 2018
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