Hollis Heichemer

Art Brokerage: Hollis Heichemer American Abstract Expressionist Artist: b. 1963. Hollis Heichemer combines dense washes and thick brushstrokes of vibrant color in her gestural abstract paintings inspired by nature. Heichemer's abstract paintings are deeply inspired by nature, and her own experiences and interactions with the natural world. Hollis explains the work by saying, "Painting and drawing is an investigation into the edge of where reality and imagination are blurred and where tragedy and beauty are interconnected. I find an expression of this blurred line can be explored through an association with the time of day when night is falling, when the sudden darkness is at once confusing and threatening. Through painting, I am creating a space where one senses, experiences something which then alters our relationship within that moment. The colors of my paintings are drawn from my relationship with the outside world which I then connect to a bigger picture, to a series of reactions—responses that begin once the colors are on the canvas. I am drawn to painting in order to go into a deep space, colors I can look into and want to look into because they invite me with hints of finding something. My paintings are the experience of this unknown space." Listings wanted.