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Hollingshead’s work is predominantly figurative with strong narratives
that reflect socio-political situations in the places he has visited. A self-taught artist, starting at the age of 14 he began drawing by copying the Old Masters, and at 16 he moved on to canvas, dedicating himself to painting, studying art and art history. He adapts his technique for each new painting, be it through use of metallic underlayers, phosphorescent acrylic, viscous thick oils, or powdery paint rubbed into the canvas. He broadens his palette by understand-
ing the chemistry of pigments. The large scale and varied, heightened color of each canvas draw in the viewer, wherein myriad vignettes tell a story, and details at the mar- gins of a scene reveal hidden meanings.
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