Holly Manneck
Holly lives with her husband Klaus in Naples, Florida and in Montana during the summer. Together they have lived onboard cruise ships, in the Caribbean, Europe and the US .They relocated about 6 years ago from Grand Cayman in the British West Indies. There the colors and textures were a great influence on her work. The clear warm air, clean cool waters and typical textures of the Caribbean still reflect with great intensity in her color palette and on the painting surfaces.
Color is of primary importance to her without it she says there is no painting. “My color brings life and energy to my work, whatever the subject matter representational or abstract color leads the way”. Her great sense of color and value gives her the freedom to walk from realistic art to abstract and back, allowing her imagination to dictate the outcome. She tries to keep the colors clean and crisp and always color in her color.
Composition and design are also important to her it is what holds the interest of the viewer. It needs to be strong enough and enticing enough to captivate and move them around her world (the painting). She most often works in a series to explore an idea until she is resolved with it. This always leads the way for new exploration.
Her intense fascination with all things in history from mythology, cave paintings, cuneiforms, to resent icons in the 21st Century and historical places all influence her subject matter be it abstract or realistic.
Spending the last several summers in Montana has added another unexpected element to her work back to a more structured subject with vibrant color. The work from this summer is less structured than last and some abstract images are beginning to immerge.
She returns to Florida in the early fall and looks forward to incorporating new and exciting elements to her work.
“I want people to enjoy my work” she says. “Perhaps to question it, to accept it and to connect with it. Hopefully once looked at find it imprinted on the mind to visit in the imagination from time to time, better yet acquire a piece and visit it daily”!
Color is of primary importance to her without it she says there is no painting. “My color brings life and energy to my work, whatever the subject matter representational or abstract color leads the way”. Her great sense of color and value gives her the freedom to walk from realistic art to abstract and back, allowing her imagination to dictate the outcome. She tries to keep the colors clean and crisp and always color in her color.
Composition and design are also important to her it is what holds the interest of the viewer. It needs to be strong enough and enticing enough to captivate and move them around her world (the painting). She most often works in a series to explore an idea until she is resolved with it. This always leads the way for new exploration.
Her intense fascination with all things in history from mythology, cave paintings, cuneiforms, to resent icons in the 21st Century and historical places all influence her subject matter be it abstract or realistic.
Spending the last several summers in Montana has added another unexpected element to her work back to a more structured subject with vibrant color. The work from this summer is less structured than last and some abstract images are beginning to immerge.
She returns to Florida in the early fall and looks forward to incorporating new and exciting elements to her work.
“I want people to enjoy my work” she says. “Perhaps to question it, to accept it and to connect with it. Hopefully once looked at find it imprinted on the mind to visit in the imagination from time to time, better yet acquire a piece and visit it daily”!
