Paula B. Holtzclaw

Conroy’s Country, Oil, 24” x 36”

Paula B. Holtzclaw

( b. 1954)

North Carolina

http://www.Paulabholtzclawfineart.com

Bio:

North Carolina artist Paula Holtzclaw is known for exquisite light-filled paintings of unspoiled and undeveloped landscapes, executed in a unique blend of classical realism and impressionism. “I am a painter of our increasingly threatened Low Country wetlands – coastal country where water meets sea – of twilight and dawn: times of mystery and transition.” Paula’s paintings are collected nationally and shown in national, international, and museum exhibitions. Paula and her husband live in Waxhaw, NC, a small community known for its horse farms and antiques.

Artist's Statement:

While I paint a variety of subject matter, it is most often the landscape that pulls me in and demands to be painted. Having lived most of my life in the Southeast, my love of the Lowcountry with its dramatic skies and seemingly endless expanse of marshland is a never-ending inspiration. I prefer to paint the natural, undeveloped areas; those yet to be encroached upon. Captivated by the effects of light and atmosphere, I strive to create a mood and evoke a peaceful feeling. I like to think that I am capturing and holding onto a moment and place in time.

Affiliations:

Master-Signature Member of American Women Artists and Women Artists of the West; Signature Member of American Impressionist Society, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Society of Marine Artists, and Oil Painters of America; Invited Member of the Salmagundi Club of New York and Plein Air Painters of the Southeast.