Q Li Holmes: My Joy - Birds, New England, Abstract

Born in China and a longtime resident of Ashfield, MA, Q Li Holmes received artistic training in both China and Japan. She began practicing Chinese calligraphy at a young age, which provided an early exposure to the abstraction of form and the use of lines to represent images—a foundation that remains central to her paintings today. Her recent work represents an evolution of her experiences in both the East and the West.

In the artist's own words: “My art was seeded in China and Japan, then grew and blossomed in the hills of New England. I love the barns, trees and animals—especially the birds.”