Barry Dwayne Hollis
October 25th - November 24th
Barry Dwayne Hollis
Lifelong artist Barry Dwayne Hollis has lived the dream in Santa Barbara since 1988. Living and working at the same Stagecoach Road studio location the last 27 years, he has been part of the mountain community the entire time. Originally trained with a degree in Photographic Illustration from world renowned Brooks Institute of Santa Barbara, he expanded his 2D work into the 3rd dimension - adding sculpture to the repertoire in 1996.
It All Counts
The inspiration for the designs applied to these steel fabrication sculptures comes from two sources.
First, the fact that three dimensional forms and shapes surround us all the time. Second, is a love for the tradition of mask making from almost all cultures around the world. By embracing these ideas and channeling them through my process, I create art.
I am attracted to the idea of recognition, empowerment, and reincarnation of what is under appreciated, left behind, common, bent, broken, and simple. I adopt things and put them together to create new life.
The abstract sculptures reflect the world around us and remind us that if we are open, anything can be transformed. The faces reflect us, tapping into a tradition of freedom to interpret through simplification, elaboration, and expansion, and can bring forth emotions such as whimsy, bewilderment, joy, intimidation, fear, or contentedness, love, et al.