Collection: Christy Holmes

She is a full-time mixed media artist based in Atlanta, Georgia, working from her studio at the Urban Art Collective in Chamblee. Her practice centers on mixed media painting, with an emphasis on color, pattern, and expressive mark-making. Through scraping, carving, and layering, she builds textured compositions inspired by everyday moments—from city skylines and travel to quiet still lifes—often using a soothing palette of neutrals, blues, and earthy tones to create a sense of lightness and calm.

Her work is characterized by richly layered surfaces incorporating found materials such as fragments of vintage books, maps, papers, and letters. These elements form intuitive foundations that are partially revealed and partially obscured through subsequent layers of paint. Among her most recognized bodies of work are her mixed media landscapes and cityscapes, particularly skyline compositions that explore themes of place, memory, and personal connection.