Description
‘The Unknown Scientist’ by Holden Willard
Artist: Holden Willard
Title: ‘The Unknown Scientist’
Medium: Oil on MDF
Dimensions: 18″ x 18″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2022
About the Artwork:
“With this painting I took a few old images of this unknown scientist and worked to create a portrait of them. I like to snoop around old flea markets and estate sales for old imagery, lost, forgotten often not even noticed. I like working with these images because I want to give them a home – a certain reverence even. These images shouldn’t be forgotten in my eyes, they’re history – even if it’s not someone I know.” – 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.