I strive to achieve realistic art that conveys human emotion through the face and figure. My major goal in creating a portrait is to capture the subject's personality and essence on paper.
Dealers Say:
Holly's drawings go well beyond the pictorial. Through her thoughtful designs and her great facility in color pencil media she articulates an image of personal meaning.
- Robert Bendt, Curator, Blanche Ames National Juried Art Exhibition
Holly Bedrosian's A New Day has the stillness of an Edward Hopper painting. In this colored pencil drawing the artist focuses on the light that enters a room as a woman pulls back the curtain, illuminating her.
- Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, Director of Curatorial Affairs, DeCordova museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Other Artists Say:
Holly's portraits are beautifully rendered and show real compassion.
- Sheona Hamilton-Grant, Artist
Born in 1975, Holly Bedrosian is a self-taught artist who has had a fascination with drawing faces from a young age, when she began creating portraits of family and friends. Though she continued to sketch throughout college, Holly elected to focus her studies on the sciences, completing a bachelor's degree in physics from the College of the Holy Cross in 1997. She went on to work as an engineer for the next ten years, but the desire to pursue her interest in the arts was always present. In March of 2007, she changed careers to become a self-employed artist. Since taking the plunge to pursue her dream, she has never looked back. With a keen eye for subtleties in faces, Holly focuses on realistic portraiture and figurative fine art, and believes that capturing the subject's personality and character is of utmost importance.
Artist's Statement
In every ink blot and cloud I see a face, and faces themselves are a source of unending fascination to me. I appreciate the intricate nature of the complex contours that comprise the face, but most of all I am passionate about how the parts come together as a whole to create a personality, character, and evoke the essence of the subject. Whether creating a portrait, figure, or still life, I work in a realistic style to capture the subtle details that lend character and personality to the subjects.
Selected Group Exhibits
2010 Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists Faces of Winter Exhibition, UConn Stamford Gallery, Stamford, CT
2009 American Artists Professional League Grand National Exhibition, New York, NY
2009 Whistler House Museum of Art Annual Members Exhibition, Lowell MA
2009 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 113th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
2009 Art Kudos International Juried Art Competition and Exhibition, online, Juror: Scott Canty
2009 Salmagundi Club 32nd Annual Juried Painting and Sculpture Exhibition for Non-Members, New York, NY
2009 Colored Pencil Society of America's 17th Annual International Exhibition, Atlanta, GA, Juror: Graham C. Boettcher
2009 American Juried Art Salon Spring-Summer Exhibition, online
2009 Francesca Anderson Fine Art, 26th Annual Portrait Show, Lexington MA
2009 Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists Faces of Spring 2009 Exhibition, Goodman Gallery, Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT, Jurors: John Howard Sanden and Robert Anderson
2009 Explore This! 5 Exhibition, Colored Pencil Society of America, online
2008 National Drawing Show, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, Juror: Rachel Rosenfield Lafo
2008 The Art Guild 1st Annual Portrait Juried Competition and Exhibition, the Gallery at Elderfields Historic Preserve, Manhasset NY, Juror: Ying-He Liu
2008 American Juried Art Salon Fall-Winter Exhibition, online
2008 Blanche Ames National Exhibition, Ames Mansion, Borderland, MA, Juror: Richard Whitten
2008 Art Kudos International Juried Art Competition and Exhibition, online, Juror: Pang-Chieh Hsu
2008 CPSA Chapter 112 H2O Exhibition, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport RI
2008 Self Portrait Competition, American Artist magazine
2008 American Juried Art Salon Spring-Summer Exhibition, online
2008 9th Annual Member Show, international online magazine From My Perspective
2008 Colored Pencil Society of America's 16th Annual International Exhibition, Seattle, WA, Juror: Jeffrey Moose
2008 Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Summer Show: Landscapes and Portraits, Lexington, MA
2008 Francesca Anderson Fine Art, 25th Annual Portrait Exhibition, Lexington, MA
2007 Blanche Ames National Exhibition, Ames Mansion, North Easton, MA, Juror: Nan Hass Feldman
2007 American Juried Art Salon Fall-Winter Exhibition, online
Awards and Honors
2009 Second Place, Whistler House Museum of Art Annual Members Exhibition, Lowell MA
2009 President's Award, American Artists Professional League Grand National Exhibition, New York, NY
2009 Award for Outstanding Achievement, Colored Pencil Society of America's 17th Annual International Exhibition, Atlanta, GA, Juror: Graham C. Boettcher
2008 Award of Merit, National Drawing Show, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, Juror: Rachel Rosenfield Lafo
2008 People's Choice Award, CPSA Chapter 112 H2O Exhibition, Spring Bull Gallery, Newport RI
2008 Honorable Mention, 9th Annual Member Show, international online magazine From My Perspective, Juror: Alyona Nickelsen
2007 First Place in the Pastel, Colored Pencil, Graphics division, American Juried Art Salon Fall-Winter Exhibition (online)
Publications
Drawing, Winter 2010, "A Colored Pencil Artist Emerges", by Austin R. Williams
Art New England, February/March 2009, p. 11
Wilmington Advocate, January 22, 2009, Arts
The Boston Globe, November 7, 2008, Theater/Arts
Rhode Island Monthly, November 2008, p. 39
American Artist, October 2008, p. 44
Professional Associations
The Portrait Society of America
Cecilia Beaux Forum
The International Guild of Realism
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
The Pastel Society of America
The Colored Pencil Society of America
The Colored Pencil Society of America, Chapter 112, the New England Chapter
The Lowell Art Association
Gallery Representation
Francesca Anderson Fine Art | Portraits North, 56 Adams Street in Lexington, Massachusetts, 02420
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Upcoming Events and Exhibits
The American Juried Art Salon 8th Biannual Show www.artjury.com 6/12/2009-6/12/2010 Reception: ()
My piece Self Portrait with Tea was accepted into this exhibition juried by art educators, gallery owners, and gallery directors. For more information, see www.artjury.com.
Art Kudos International Juried Art Competition and Exhibition http://artkudos.com/ 8/15/2009-8/14/2010 Reception: ()
My piece Resolute was selected as a finalist. The exhibition can be viewed at www.artkudos.com.
Upcoming Workshops
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