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MARCIA B. HOLMES
Marcia Holmes lives in Mandeville, but was born and raised in Laurel, Mississippi, home of the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, where she recently exhibited one of her botanical paintings with the Degas Pastel Society. Following in her Mother's footsteps and garnering that wealth of inspiration, Marcia started painting in 1999 after a career as a corporate C.P.A. She attended Ole Miss and USM, acquiting a Masters in Accounting.
Primarily a Pastelist, her current work, in both abstract and representational paintings, concentrates on nature in landscapes, waterscapes. Many new paintings have accompanying poetry as in a newly released piece Birds Eye View...where a phrase of the poem "a myriad and more" is inscripted in what the artist calls "quirky writing" in a painterly manner on the face of the painting. You will find the poems when you double click the images on this web site.
A respected writer, juror and artist, Robert Carsten, writes "Whether her attentions be a bouquet of flowers, or a wayside stream bed, a figure, or the majestic live oak, Marcia Holmes creates energetic and eloquent, painterly passages. Her pastels consistently achieve a rhythmic sense of movement. Holmes can turn the slightest gesture or gentlest breeze through a flower's petals into an intricate ballet of form, strong, graceful and mesmerizing." (See the Oct. 2007 issue of THE PASTEL JOURNAL)
Artists Resume
Born: 1954 Laurel, Mississippi
Education: 1971-1975 University of Mississippi, B.S. in Business
1978-1980 University of Southern Miss., Masters in Accounting; C.P.A.
Art Education: Albert Handell Gil Dellinger Mary Whyte Doug Dawson
Maggie Price Alan Flattman Leslie Rich
Camille Przewodek Sally Strand Frank Federico
New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts Elemore Morgan
Exhibitions:
2007 Degas Pastel Soc. , 15th Members Exhibition, New Orleans, LA
2007 Two Woman Show - Fall for Art, Atelier, Covington, LA
2007 One Woman Show - Spring for Art, Atelier, Covington, LA
2006 Degas Pastel Society, 11th Biennial National Exh., New Orleans, LA
2006 One Woman Show, Brunner Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2005 Pastel Society of West Coast, 19th Annual Exh., San Luis Obispo, CA
2005 Alabama Pastel Society, Pastels 2006, National Exh., Birmingham, AL
2005 Degas Pastel Society, 14th Members Exh., New Orleans, LA
2005 One Woman Show, The Gallery at Spicewood, Austin, TX
2005 International Assoc. of Pastel Societies., 8th Juried Exh., Art Source, Raleigh, NC
2005 The Art Melt, Juried Group Show-Shaw Center for Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
2005 Austin Pastel Society, 5th Annual Juried Members Exh., Austin, TX
2004 One Woman Show, Brunner Gallery, “Venice, Italy”, Mandeville, LA
2004 Alabama Pastel Society, Third Biennial Members Exh., Birmingham, AL
2004 Degas Pastel Society, 10th Biennial National Exh., New Orleans, LA
2004 The Gallery at Spicewood, Texas Hill Country Art & Wine Trail,
Austin, TX
2003 Shared Stories, Diverse Expressions, Group Show, Mandeville, LA
2003 St. Tammany Parish Justice Center, Permanent Collections Exh.,
Covington, LA
2003 Alabama Pastel Society, First National Juried Exh., Birmingham, AL
2003 Degas Pastel Society, 13th Juried Member Exh., New Orleans, LA
2002 Brunner Gallery for Jr. League of Greater Covington, Covington, LA
2001 Three Woman Show-Brunner Gallery, Covington, LA
2001 New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, Student Show, New Orleans, LA
2000 One Woman Show-Antiques de Provence, St. Tammany Art Assoc.
Coordinated Art Openings-“Spring for Art”, Covington, LA
1999 One Woman Show –Antiques de Provence, Covington, LA
Awards:
2007 Award of Merit, Degas Pastel Society 15th Membership Exhibition, New Orleans, LA
2006 The Pastel Journal, 8th Annual Pastel 100, Hon. Mention-Abstract
2005 The Pastel Journal, 7th Annual Pastel 100, Three Awards: Fourth Place
Still Life and Floral, Hon. Mention-Landscape, Hon. Mention-Abstract
2005 Pastel Society of West Coast, “Margot Schulzke” Award
2005 Alabama Pastel Society, National Exh., Winsor Newton Award
2005 Austin Pastel Society, Membership Exh., Honorable Mention
2005 The Artist Magazine, 22nd Annual, Finalist, Experimental
2004 The Artist Magazine, 21st Annual, Finalist, Experimental
2004 Alabama Pastel Society, 3rd Members Exh., Best of Show
2003 The Pastel Journal, 5th Annual Pastel 100, Two Awards: Hon. Mention-
Still Life and Floral, Hon. Mention-Abstract
2003 Alabama Pastel Society, National Exh., Grumbacher Gold Medal Award
2003 St. Tammany Art. Assoc., Finke Photo Exh., First Place-Amateur Div.
Publications:
2007 The Pastel Journal, Featured Artists, Issue No. 52, Oct. 2007, "Living Things"
by Robert K. Carsten
2007 Inside Northside Magazine, "The Artists of Polo" by Stacey Paretti Rase,
Sept.-Oct. 2007, Vol. 22, No. 5
2007 Best of Pastel, Kennedy Publishing, 2007
2007 The Pastel Journal, Pastels 100-2006, April, 2007
2006 Inside Northside Magazine, May-June 2006, Vol. 21, No. 3, “You Can
Judge a Book by Its Cover” by Stacey Paretti Rase
2006 Inside Northside Magazine, Jan.-Feb. 2006, Vol.21, No.1, “Inside Scoop”
2006 The Pastel Journal, Pastels 100-2005, April, 2006
2005 The Artist’s Magazine, Dec. 2005, Vol. 22, #12, 22nd Annual Art Competition Finalist
2005 Inside Northside Magazine, Sept. 2005, Vol.20, No. 6, “Art Abounding”
by Stacey Paretti Rase
2004 The Pastel Journal, Pastel 100-2003, April, 2004
2004 The Artist’s Magazine, Dec. 2004, 21st Annual Art Competition Finalist
2004 Book: How Did You Paint That? – 100 Ways to Paint Flowers and
Gardens, Vol. 1, International Artist Publishing Inc.
2004 Inside Northside Magazine, Feb.-March 2004, Vol. 19, No. 2.
On the Cover & Feature Article “Pastels or Pasta” by Jamey Landry
Published Poetry: “Mums Night Out” by Marcia Holmes
2002 Jr. League of Greater Covington-Harvest Cup Polo, “Anticipation” Ltd.
Edition Print
2000 St. Tammany Art Assoc., Spring for Art, Cover Art
Television: 2002 HGTV, New Orleans– Preservation Resource House 2001 Art Feature
Permanent Collections:
St. Tammany Parish Justice Center Public Arts
The Dakota Restaurant Art Collection
American Bank, Exxon, Sleep Diagnostics, Baldone Dermatology Clinic
Community Boards: 2004-2005, 1995-1999, Jr. League of Greater Covington, LA
1984-1986 Hattiesburg Civic Arts Council, Hattiesburg, MS
Membership: Degas Pastel Soc.-Juried Member, Treasurer 2005-2007
Alabama Pastel Society – Signature Member
Austin Pastel Society
Pastel Society of South West
Pastel Society of America - Juried Associate Member
St. Tammany Art Association
Galleries: Atelier, Covington, LA (2006-2007), Gallery Nu, Sandestin, FL (2007), The Gallery at Paleface
Crossing, Spicewood, TX (2004-2007)
Brunner Gallery, Covington, LA and Baton Rouge, LA (2001-2006)
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