National Portrait Gallery | Artist in focus: Curtis Holder @nationalportraitgallery | Uploaded September 2023 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
Artist Curtis Holder discusses how he uses drawing to support his mental health, how his artwork is informed by emotional connection, and how he puts his sitters at ease.

Curtis Holder looks inwards, reflecting on what makes him different and how he uses that to create his art; and describes where he finds inspiration and how he gets into the right headspace to create.

He also looks outwards, explaining how he finds sitters and helps them relax and focus, and talking through his artistic processes working from life, reference material and conversation.

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