J. Brad Holt

Grew up in Cedar City Utah. He is a graduate of Cedar High School, and SUSC, (SUU), where he earned a B.S. (Art Composite.) Brad served twenty years in the Utah Army National Guard. Brad has painted in numerous Plein Air competitions, including, Zion, Sedona, Grand Canyon, Colorado Monument, and Port Angeles. He has taken many awards, including two firsts in the Escalante Plein Air competition. He was on the faculty at the Plein Air convention in Tucson.  Brad also works as a dental lab tech, specializing in orthodontic appliances.

Artistic statement:

I have painted the landscape for many years. I reached a point that I could pretty well reproduce a fair semblance of the natural world, and it became too predictable, and too tight. And I found the process a bit tedious, as though I had become a human copying machine. There didn't to be much point to it. The work sold well, but I have never been in art to make money. That has always been low on my scale of priorities. I always painted for the pure love of the work, and that seemed to be evading me.The situation changed when I started abstracting more, using bigger brushes, painting more swiftly, and getting more painterly with the landscape. The joy of the painting process returned. I had found my direction, and I've never looked back. There is again a vitality to the work, and I find myself eagerly looking forward to painting every day.

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