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Online Gallery features:
Liz Amini Holmes
August 1, 2005 through August 31, 2005
I work from my home and studio in Woodside, California, we affectionately call our "tree house", with my artist/writer husband Mark Holmes and our twin four-year-old sons.
As long as I can remember I have always loved reading, drawing and painting. As a kid, my friends and I would write and illustrate spooky or fantastic stories then make our own little picture books. I was hooked! Illustrating books seemed like the coolest job on earth.
I graduated with a BFA in Illustration from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco and have taken classes at UC Berkeley and Stanford University in children's book illustration and picture-book writing.
I work as a freelance illustrator in the editorial and children's market place. I have also illustrated and art directed for various companies in the multi-media, corporate, educational and game industries.
I work primarily in acrylics but occasionally use pastels. I like to use theatrical lighting and color to get the mood of the piece I am illustrating. My technique involves laying down an acrylic wash to dry, then working over it with a dry brush, scumbling the paint to give the work a soft pastel like quality.
To see more of my artwork please go to my on-line galleries at www.lunavilla.com and www.portfolios.com/lizaminiholmes.
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Archive: Previous artists presented in this Online Gallery
| Nancy Barnett | North/Central | April 2003 |
| Carol Benioff | East Bay | May 2003 |
| Cindy Ann Ganaden | South San Francisco | June2003 |
| Deborah Nourse Lattimore | North/Central | July 2003 |
| Sara Iravani Kahn | South San Francisco | September 2003 |
| Elisa Kleven | North/Central | October 2003 |
| Jan Adkins | North/Central | November 2003 |
| Joy Allen | North/Central | December 2003 |
| Yuyi Morales | East Bay | January 2004 |
| Liz Cunningham | East Bay | February 2004 |
| Brooke Scudder | South San Francisco | March 2004 |
| Paula Pertile | South San Francisco | April 2004 |
| South San Francisco | May 2004 | |
| South San Francisco | July 2004 | |
| Kris Aro McLeod | North/Central | August 2004 |
| Sherry Rogers | North/Central | September 2004 |
| Barbara Pollak | East Bay | October 2004 |
| Kirsten Carlson | North/Central | November 2004 |
| Jeff Jackson | South San Francisco | December 2004 |
| Elly Simmons | North/Central | January 2005 |
| Bob Barner | South San Francisco | February 2005 |
| Lea Lyon | East Bay | March 2005 |
| Lin Wang | South San Francisco | April 2005 |
| Kieren Dutcher | East Bay | May 2005 |
| Karen Stanton | South San Francisco | June 2005 |
| Connie McLennan | North/Central | July 2005 |
Artist and illustrators previous school visits
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