David Holland

I am an avid sky watcher. Oklahoma is where I was born in 1959 and where I landed for good in 1977. The skies and cloudscapes I watch here, are among the most varied and entertaining to be found anywhere in the world. I think of the storms I witness as an essential blessing that distribute the building block of all life on Earth -- water.

I relish every moment of time I spend observing and photographing storms, and then I use my photographs to capture in oil paintings their timeless beauty and undeniable power. I consider each painting to be a portrait of an individual storm frozen in motion with accurate colorful details that work to represent its unique personality.

- David Holland