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Born in 1949 in Mineola, NY, United States


2002-2006, Critique Seminar with Robert Reed (Recipient Distinguished Teaching Award, 2003, College Art Association)

2002, Art New England, Session with P.T. Forrester, Vermont

1986, M.F.A., American University, Washington D.C.

1980, University of Utah

1975, M.A., California State University , Sacramento, CA

1971, B.A., Mills College, Oakland, CA

1970-71, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
"I love to paint en plein air from nature. Watercolor is a medium I am attracted to because of its portability, brilliance of color, transparency in overlaying washes, and its spontaneity. For 13 years before pursuing watercolor I painted on fabric using wax and dyes in the batik method. Watercolor is also a transparent medium where you save your whites, so it was a natural follow up.

My working process involves drawing on location for an hour or more and painting for about four hours. It may be necessary that I return to the same location at approximately the same time of day to finish the work. The last step involves critiquing the work in the studio to complete it.

For me, painting is mainly an intuitive process. The play of light, the atmosphere, and the way light hits the land and its structures triggers a sensation in me that I want to record. And lately, while drawing the figure from the model, I have become interested in putting humans in my paintings of nature. My colors are derived from nature, but I push them to be more vibrant and juxtapose them in combinations that produce effects I want. The real challenge is to make the white of the paper, the fluency of the brush, and the runaway quality of the wet, watery paint all work with my concept. What is recorded is as true an expression of the self as possible."

Mrs Rom has traveled the world extensively. She is also a docent at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Holly Meeker Rom, April 2000

  • Selected Solo Exhibitions
    • 2006: Greenwich Art Society Gallery, Greenwich, CT, Configuring Water and Rocks

    • 2004: Bistro Lepic Gallery, Washington D.C., Nature's Bounty

    • 2003: Pen and Brush Inc., New York, NY, Transformations of Nature

    • 2000: Mamaroneck Artist Guild Gallery, Larchmont, NY, Art of the Park

    • 1998: Garden Educ. Center, Greenwich, CT, Gardens and Estates

    • 1993: The Manor Club, Pelham, N.Y.

    • 1992: Mamaroneck Artist Guild Gallery, Larchmont, NY

    • 1990: Wainwright House, Inc., Rye, NY

    • 1988, 1986: Mount Vernon College, Washington D.C.


  • Selected Group Exhibitions
    • 2007: The Museum Gallery, White Plains Public Gallery, White Plains, NY, From the Heavens to the Earth

    • 2006: Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT, Black, White & Gray

    • 2005:
        Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT, Homage to Great Artists

        The Art Exchange, White Plains, NY, Edgy and Elegant


    • 2004: The Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY, The Contemporary Portrait

    • 2003:
        Flinn Gallery, Greewich, CT, Annual of Greenwich Art Society

        Bendheim Gallery, Greewich, CT, Greenwich Arts Society Spring Show

        Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY, 107th Annual Exhibition

    • 2002:
        Pen and Brush Inc., New York, NY, Annual Graphics and Watercolor Exhibit

        Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY, 106th Annual Exhibition

    • 2001: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY, 105th Annual Exhibition

    • 2000:
        The Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT, New Art Annual 2000

        Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY, 104th Annual Exhibition

    • 1999:
        Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY, 103rd Annual Exhibition

        Cecil County Arts Council, Elkton, MD, Ten

    • 1997:
        Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY, 101st Annual Exhibition

        Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY, Apres Monet: The Waterlily in Contemporary Art

        The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, The Employees Art Show

    • 1996: Elaine Benson Gallery, Long Island, NY, This Land is My Land

    • 1995:
        Choate House Gallery, Pace University, New York, NY, Fantasy: Three Exhibitions Featuring Artists of Westchester

        Greenwich Art Center Gallery, Greenwich, CT, Watercolor: 3 Visions

    • 1992: Westchester Community College, NY, MAG Member's Juried Exhibition

    • 1991:
        Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY, 95th Annual Exhbition

        Glen Echo Gallery, Washington D.C.


    • Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chappaqua, NY

    • New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY

    • The Osborn Home, Rye, NY

    • Time Warner, New York, NY

    • NYU Medical Center, New York, NY

    • IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY

    • American Express, Salt Lake City, UT

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    • 2007, Goodgal Memorial Award in Watermedia, 111th Annual Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Exhibition, New York, NY

    • 2004, Catharine T. Ballantyne Memorial Award, 109th Annual Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Exhibition, New York, NY

    • 2003
        1st Prize in Water Media, Greenwich Arts Society Annual Exhibition, Flinn Gallery, CT

        2nd Prize in Water Media, Greenwich Arts Society Spring Show, Bendheim Gallery, CT

    • 2002, Elinor Dessen Memorial Award, Pen and Brush, Inc., New York, NY

    • 1999, 3rd Prize, Mamaroneck Artist Guild Gallery, NY

    • 1998: 2nd Prize, New Rochelle Art Association, NY

    • 1997: 3rd Prize, New Rochelle Art Association, NY

    • 1995: 1st Prize, New Rochelle Art Association, NY

    • 1992: 1st Prize, Westchester Community College, NY

    • McCormack, J. "Holly Meeker Rom and Jean T. Kroeber: A Natural Sympatico." Gallery&Studio Mag. April/May 2003.

    • Gouveia, Georgette. "Waterlily Canvases Evoke Monet, Asia." Gannett Newspapers. August 13, 1997.

    • Lovelace, Carey. "Visions of the Outdoors." Newsday. May 31, 1996.

    • Mills Quarterly. Summer 1996, April 1995. Cover illustrations, "Weekend" Section.

    • The Washington Post. October 11, 1985. Cover illustration, "Weekend" Section.

    • Morgan, Robert. "On View." Bethesda Gazette. October 23, 1991.

    • Christenson, Richard P. "A Difficult Delightful Medium." Deseret News. June 6, 1981.