Biography

I find my past beating steadily, assuredly, through my paintings - reaching back into a wake of memories. We are all a mash of memories and experiences that piggyback upon other peoples' memories and experiences - all reacting to a past upon a past, connected only by things that are constant and familiar. When I reach out and touch something - a bowl, a book, some thread - I connect to people, places, times that I have known and have not known … all that makes me … where I come from, where you come from. And I am reminded, that …

Nothing Begins Today.

HOLLY FARRELL was born in North Bay, Ontario. A self-taught artist, she has been painting professionally for over 20 years and has exhibited in Canada, U.S.A. and Japan. Farrell's paintings are in numerous private, public and corporate collections throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Japan, including BMO, Canada; Louis-Dreyfus Family Collection, USA; Oita Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan; Sony Music, Japan; TD Bank Group and Wires Jolley LLP, Toronto.

 

Holly Farrell lives and works in Toronto.

Works
  • HOLLY FARRELL, Blankets, 2024
    HOLLY FARRELL
    Blankets, 2024
    acrylic and oil on board
    18 x 20 in.
  • HOLLY FARRELL, Phone, 2024
    HOLLY FARRELL
    Phone, 2024
    acrylic and oil on board
    20 x 14 in.
  • HOLLY FARRELL, Record (The Band, The Band), 2024
    HOLLY FARRELL
    Record (The Band, The Band), 2024
    acrylic and oil on board
    24 x 24 in.
  • calculator by holly farrell
    HOLLY FARRELL
    Calculator, 2020
    acrylic and oil on board
    22 x 17 in.
  • skates by holly farrell
    HOLLY FARRELL
    Skates, 2021
    acrylic and oil on board
    20 1/2 x 16 in.
  • HOLLY FARRELL, Towel, 2023
    HOLLY FARRELL
    Towel, 2023
    acrylic and oil on board
    20 x 14 in.
  • HOLLY FARRELL, Baseball Glove, 2023
    HOLLY FARRELL
    Baseball Glove, 2023
    acrylic and oil on board
    16 x 20 1/8 in.
  • chairs by holly farrell
    HOLLY FARRELL
    Chairs, 2020
    acrylic and oil on board
    18 x 34 in.
  • HOLLY FARRELL, Popular Classics II, 2024
    HOLLY FARRELL
    Popular Classics II, 2024
    acrylic and oil on board
    20 x 30 in.
Exhibitions