Description
‘Brett & Andrew (Midnight Shenanigans)’ by Holden Willard
Artist: Holden Willard
Title: ‘Departure’
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 39″ x 29″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2022
About the Artwork:
“This image highlights the relationship between two good friends of mine. Both are also involved with the arts. It’s important in my work to highlight the relationships I hold within the community here in Portland, Maine. A tender moment between friends at a party, images about my current moment and the relationship that the viewer has with their own current moment. Images like these interest me, and with this one I wanted to convey a sense of youth and its intrinsic whimsical nature.” – Holden Willard
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
My name is Holden and I’m a 23 year old recent graduate of Montserrat College of Art. In May of 2021 I received my BFA in Painting, however my interests serve multiple mediums: printmaking, photography, performance, collage & woodworking. I was born and raised in Maine, and currently I am living in Portland ME. My work is concerned with a coming of age narrative in rural Maine. I’m mainly striving towards creating a dialogue between the past, present and future – be it through the lens of family, friends and environment. In my mind, these are essential devices that I utilize to create a coming of age narrative in rural Maine. Images from home, adventures of youth, fears and anxieties expressed through eyesight and posture – all in an effort of saying the unsaid.