Welcome!

Painting brings me joy. My heart condition makes life challenging, but sitting in front of an easel with watercolours allows me, even on the bad days, to feel alive and hopeful. Please bear with me as I transition this site from a place that showcases my work as a writer to one that highlights my art.

 


Holly’s Most Recent Posts

Holly’s Studio

Thank you to those of you who have kindly followed my blog over the past few years! With a return to in person work and a rekindling of my childhood interest in art, I’m spending much more time painting than writing these days. Because of this, I’m transitioning this site, […]

My Etsy Shop

Who knew that a Christmas gift from my husband could lead to this? A shop? Me? Making paintings at the kitchen table, then wrapping them with care and mailing them out… out… into the world! So fun. I shared with you, a while back, how much the discovery of painting […]

Painting Bears (and other things…)

When your pain gets bad, or you’re on the verge of a panic attack – when the tide of your day shifts from normal to nasty, what do you do? There are spiritual disciplines, of course, that we could talk about. I can bring to mind the things I know […]