Holdenried has been studying fine art and studio painting since 2012, but her relationship with art began much earlier. "Some of my earliest memories are of spending summers attending classes with my mother, an art history professor, walking through studios adjacent to the lecture halls and watching paintings accumulate layer upon layer. Many students couldn't afford the luxury of art supplies and had painted over previous work.  What images lay beneath were fantastic."

 

--I have always been drawn to what lies beneath the surface.  Historic architecture, weathered materials, and paintings bearing traces of previous lives remind me that history doesn't disappear--it becomes

part of what comes next.  

 

Holdenried's work explores those ideas through layered abstraction. she doesn't conceal brushwork, palette knife marks, scraping or sgraffito. Instead, allows the process to remain visible, believing the history of a painting is just as important as its finished image.  

 

"Since moving into a studio in one of Knoxville's historic buildings, I've become even more aware of how architecture and time influence my work.  Evidence of the passage of time is central to my process.  I want each painting to feel discovered--as though it has quietly evolved over time."   

 

Holdenried creates paintings that reveal the evidence of time through layered surfaces, inviting viewers to discover their own connections. 

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