Flashback Friday: Contemporary Artists Frank Baker Holmes and Jill Mackie

Frank Holmes & Jill Mackie

I met Frank Holmes through the fine arts program at Ohio University in the early 70s. His paintings were impressive, so much so that he won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1973.

A few years ago we re-connected, sharing a backwards look at our mutual careers. It seemed that his path as an artist had many valuable lessons for other artists with their lives ahead of them, so I wrote a couple blog posts in which I shared his story and his paintings. 

When I visited his home and studio in Narrowsburg, NY I met his wife Jill Mackie, an artist in her own right, who has had paintings displayed in the National Portrait Gallery in D.C. 

Here are some links to my interviews with these two impressive painters whom I am grateful to have known.

Veteran Painter Frank Holmes Discusses His Prix de Rome (Part I) 

Veteran Painter Frank Holmes Discusses His Prix de Rome (Part II) 

A Most Unusual Portrait: The Sarcophagus

Frank Holmes's Personal Agony and Ecstasy: The Ohio Theater 

My 2018 Studio Tour

A Jill Mackie Interview

Jill Mackie Studio Tour

Backstory on The Big Date

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"Dusk Call" An example of three-point perspective.