Hollowell is part of a hot-artist wave: women in their 30s and 40s using traditional genres such as still life, landscape and portrait in unexpected ways. The intimacy of their paintings is appealing to collectors, following a decade when artworks by many of their successful male counterparts grew bigger and bigger.
(Oct 23): Loie Hollowell ignited frenzied buying at Frieze London art fair this month.
The 34-year-old, who makes sexually suggestive landscapes reminiscent of Georgia O’Keeffe, saw her pastels snapped up by collectors in minutes and a wait list for future works double. Prices for her paintings more than tripled since her first solo show two years ago.
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