Giclée print of original collage, edition of 250, signed by artist, 22" x 17" sheet size

Ekua Holmes’ work is collage based and her subjects, made from cut and torn papers, investigate family histories, relationship dynamics, childhood impressions, and the power of hope, faith and self-determination. Like Bearden quoted below, Holmes has looked out her window to find subjects for her collages. Remembering a Roxbury childhood of wonder and delight, she considers herself part of a long line of Roxbury imagemakers. In this spirit, she supports those who have a calling in the arts, creates and leads workshops, and serves as a visiting artist, lecturer and arts fellow across New England – all while keeping her own studio practice ignited. Read more about Holmes’ storied career here.

I do not need to go looking for 'happenings,' the absurd or the surreal, because I have seen things that neither Dalí, Beckett, Ionesco nor any of the others could have thought possible; and to see these things I did not need to do more than look out of my studio window. – American artist Romare Bearden