I liked Holly’s work since the first time I saw it when she joined FALC. Today she did a demo for the club, and it was a great one. Holly painted an abstract city with a palette knife, using a photo of New York as a reference or, better to say as a starting point for her artwork. I read about this technique before, but not a single author pointed out that it was noisy. Holly said that music helps to get over it, and I would imagine after some time you just stop paying attention to all the funny sounds that a palette knife makes. For me, the way Holly was going through the demo was of big help too. She explained her process, eagerly answered all question, and eventually got the audience involved into the creative process – people were making suggestions, calling her to the back of the room to take a fresh look at the painting, sharing their experience with oil and abstract art. It got very lively, and when the time was up I didn’t want to leave.