An abstract photography experiment transforms an unlikely subject into art. This post explores creative risk, perspective, and process, and the story behind an Honorable Mention at Absolutely Abstract with the Visual Art League of Lewisville. Continue reading A Face Only a Mother Could Love (Or: How I Photographed a Cockroach)
Christmas Day 2025. Tore and I are walking out my front door. As I lock it, I glance down—and scream. Continue reading Results from My Home’s Spa Day
After years of handling pests myself (including an over-the-top garage pesticide incident), I finally decided to leave it to the experts. I quickly realized Home Run Pest & Termite Control are professionals that are in a league of their own.
With immediate results and zero effort on my part, I found peace of mind and learned that life is too short to live with freeloading bugs. Continue reading Dust the Outside of My House? I Don’t Even Dust the Inside!
Photographing a 6′ 4″ mannequin is quite a production. I rearranged my living room to accommodate a 9′ long paper sweep. Continue reading Behind the Scenes: Miss Macy’s Photo Shoot
I was asked by an artist how I transported Miss Macy.
Here are some behind the scenes showing Miss Macy in pieces. Thank you to Crystal Nelson for taking the photos that documented the wackiness. Continue reading Behind the Scenes – Miss Macy in Pieces
I started scouting dying department stores at the beginning of 2025. I realized with my first model, Miss Ethel Gladys Antoinette Dubois busy at her modeling gigs, I’d need more models.
Macy’s Department store in Fairview was closing. Tore and I had to make multiple trips because it takes time for the mannequins to be available for purchase. And when they were it was a frenzy of excitement (at least for me). Continue reading Behind the Scenes – Model Casting Call
Title: Miss Macy Dons Paper Hole Punch Couture
Artist: Denise Holguin
Materials: Hole punched paper, wire
Artist Statement: Progress on this artwork felt like a drop in the ocean. Insurmountable. Over-whelming. Never-ending. But just as in life, every “dot” of effort counts toward the final goal. Continue reading Miss Macy Dons Paper Hole Punch Couture
I like to show how moments, people and objects are intertwined with each other in my artwork.
Find out details about this LIVE plant in a rotary phone. Continue reading Nature is Calling
New artwork on display at the Lewisville Grand Theater!
Title: A Place to Reflect
Medium: Assemblage
Exhibition: Power of the Flower
Exhibition Dates: March 1 – March 29 Continue reading A Place to Reflect: Broken bowl in parking lot becomes art in Power of the Flower exhibition
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