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Holly Hagan

Holly Hagan (Born 1967) is active/lives in Colorado, Oregon.  Holly Hagan is known for Painting and drawing abstract landscapes, wildlife and human figures.

Holly Hagan was born in Portland, Oregon in 1967 and from a very young age, she was drawing and seeing the world in shapes.

Hagan applied her love of shape and drawing throughout her education, and in 1989 graduated magna cum laude from the University of Oregon with a degree in fine art.

Holly began her career working in realism, focusing both on the figure and on wildlife landscapes. During this time, she developed a comprehensive understanding of structure and foundation, and spent endless hours finding the planes of the form. Her medium was wax - based colored pencil, and she would build up layers of wax, often completing only one to two square inches a day. While this early period still informs her work, she reached a point where re-creating the surface of an image or scene began to feel sterile.  

After a 1995 visit to Santa Fe, she began painting with acrylics and her work took on a primitive contemporary approach, reinforced by her study of ancient ar   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2100 characters.]  Artist bio

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