https://aatonau.com/gillian-holding-navigating-the-intersections-of-law-and-art/

There is something very special about the opening of a show with new work. Stress is unavoidable in the few months leading up to it....

I had one of those Eureka! moments on Monday. I’ve been doing a lot of printmaking and I’ve mentioned before how diverting into other...

In an era when it seems so many can work away from office/home/whilst travelling, and it's easy for an artist to carry a sketchbook...

Some time ago I read about the principle of obliquity: the idea that to reach a goal, you need to go sideways a bit. Take a few paths...

It's not unusual for me to draw or paint with my eyes closed when im working from imagination. Sounds a bit mad, doesn't it? But it's...

Two steps forward, one step back. Paint, obscure, paint in to reveal again... That's a good day. Or, one step forward and two steps back....

Today marks the return to the studio. I don't like to feel I have a "September" return because I've found over the years that not coming...

Read my chat with Artery, New York, about the January 2021 show http://arterynyc.com/2021/01/12/spotlight-gillian-holding/

It's official. Back to Stay At Home and Avoid Non-Essential Travel. Having cleared the studio after the Artifact show work left for New...

Showing at Artifact, 84 Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002 from 13 January 2021 Sometimes the figure is truly lost and barely found...

One of the paintings showing at Artifact, 84 Orchard Street, New York from 13 January 2021 Painting process for me is about finding...

Submission to uncertainty 2019 Oil on paper laid on canvas, 150cm x120cm x 2.5cm Allegory hasn’t had an easy run in the visual art world...

There's no substitute for making art. You can kid yourself that reading, writing and thinking are all a vital part of the process but...

I’m well over halfway into a month long residency at East Street Arts. It’s completely open-ended; a chance to explore my practice and...

Since returning from Florida, I’ve changed a fair few aspects of studio organisation and practice. In terms of studio set up, it’s...

I’ve been thinking about making art and “practicing” art in every sense of the word for as long as I can remember, but I’ve never tapped...

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what it means to make (attempt) critically engaged painting. If not painting for the sake of...

backs or fronts A perfect day. 1. I really really like the “backs” of these paintings which is good because if I hate the fronts when I...