Laurel Holloman’s First Solo Art Show – Paris, April 3-21
L-word: How would you describe your creative process now after being a full-time artist for almost two years? What changed and what stayed the same?
LH: I am more efficient now and more organized. I am also more confident. I am getting feedback from many sources in the art world that do not know anything about my past as an actress and that is huge to me. I let the painting dictate where to go instead of controlling it so much and I see that has helped so much. Also, I can see very quickly when it is working and when it is not.
L-word: Is there a future possibility for another show in the United States?
LH: Yes, of course. I would rather do it when I have really done well in Europe. I have a lot people guiding me and I have to take my time and do it right. I am almost sure if we do this right I won’t have to go back to acting and that is the goal. I know that may be hard for some people to understand. My soul is a painter. I am actually more quiet and private (as an artist) than people realized and I think to be a painter you really have to accept and know that part of yourself.
It is actually a private thing to paint, almost a lonely thing. It’s a loner thing. I spend many hours alone in a studio all day, but oddly enough after all these years I realize this is exactly who I have always been. I crave it in a way that I never craved acting, and to deny it any longer would have made me so unhappy. I feel so much peace walking into my studio, and I always felt so internally terrified on a set. I covered it well but the pressure to be so fabulous in television made it hard for me. I am more relaxed now and happier to know I can be creative in a way that I can control.
Coeur Libre: An Art Exhibition by Laurel Holloman (video by Miki Turner)
Love the story…glad that Laurel is happy immersed in her art, but sad to hear she doesn’t want to act anymore…as fans it will be our loss if she doesn’t return to acting. Hope that the Paris exhibition is a big success for her and that the Paris paintings will be available in print form on her studio website. She is amazing and clearly these latest paintings show an artist coming into her own. Congrats, Laurel..vous etes formidable!!!
Love laurel and i’m so happy for her,yes we will miss her acting but she is happy and that is great!!
congrats…….god bless…..
Congrats!happy for you laurel!hope to see you acting soon..
Laurel, please do not leave the cinema, you’re an amazing actress, and no less talented artist. The world of cinema will be boring and dull without you. You just do not have the right to take away our opportunity to look at you, your left eyebrow raised, your shining eyes, your peculiar gait, you are one of the world …