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All paintings in The Album Project are 24 x 24 inches, acrylic & oil on board

This series is my tribute to classic albums that, for me, defined the 70s - iconic albums that helped to shape an era, a generation. 

All of my work is tethered to memory, how it shapes us, how things common to us all, like music, continue to hold sway over us.  I like that a song can pull out long forgotten ’things’ - memories that are attached to feelings, faces, places.  Typically I paint Still Life, but it seemed a natural progression to go through my vintage vinyl collection and want to do paintings of the records I grew up with.  I wanted to paint in the physical history of these records - the sleeves, the wear, the patina, the softened corners - the impression of the vinyl within pushing out onto the cover. All evidence of long lives these past 50 or so odd years. I suppose the lives of these records from my collection, run parallel to mine - similarly I am a bit worn, a few wrinkles - a reflection of where I’ve been, who I am.

Holly Farrell, 2021

Holly Farrell in her studio preparing for her exhibition, The Album Project
The Album Project. Paintings by Canadian artist Holly Farrell. Paintings of vintage records of the 1970s, classic rock albums
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