Debra Holladay Artworks Gallery

• Meyer Lemons

  Oil, linen panel, 12 x 16

• Autumn Gold, Keller Peak

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Petals and Brass 2

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• I Like Pie

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 12

• Mountain Magic, Lake Arrowhead

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Spring Show, Heaps Peak

  Oil, Panel, 20 x 16

• Dogwood Season, Lake Arrowhead

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Tooty Fruity

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Aluminum Boats

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 12

• Magic Hour, Heaps Peak

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20

• Channel Cat

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 12

• Red Onions and Pitcher

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Eaton Canyon Spring Sunshine_16x20_Holladay_2200

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20

• Brass Tea Kettle

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Lake Ediza Reflections (Minarets)

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20. Looking across Lake Ediza to Mount Ritter and Banner Peak, I was dazzled by the reflections and transparency of the water.

• Fizz, Pop Bottle Series #1

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 6

• Dreams and Wishes

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 18

• Jackass Rabbits

  Oil, linen panel, 24 x 18. Mark Twain referred to the multitude of long-eared rodents populating the west as 'jackass rabbits.'

• The Old Mill San Marino

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Tea Time

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Yes, The Circus is Coming to Town

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Plums and Copper

  Oil, linen panel, 12 x 12

• Spearhead Mesa, Monument Valley

  Oil, Panel, 18 x 24. Majestic rock walls in hues of red, orange, rust, and purple were delightful to paint. This painting is a larger view of a plein air oil sketch done on location in 2022.

• Sparklers (Independence Day)

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 18

• Hairy Beast, Pasadena Arroyo

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Royal Cola, Pop Bottle Series #2

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 6

• Champ

  Oil, linen, 8 x 12

• Bananarama

  Oil, linen panel, 10 x 20

• Evening Hush

  Oil, linen panel, 18 x 14

• Pomogranates and Brass

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Shadow Creek and Minarets, Eastern Sierras

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Lee's Ferry Fort (Windows to the Past)

  Oil, Panel, 18 x 24. This ruin, known as Lee's Ferry Fort, was constructed in the late 1800s. Originally a defensive fort, it was soon converted into a trading post, and later a residence, school, and mess hall.

• Jolt, Pop Bottle Series #3

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 6

• Day's Edge

  Oil, Panel, 18 x 24

• Sliced

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• How Now Brown Cow?

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 9

• Back Kettle and Pomegranates

  Oil, linen panel, 14 x 18

• Afternoon Shadows, Indian Canyon Palms

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Pomegranates and Vase

  Oil, linen panel, 12 x 12

• Garrapata Evening

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20. Garrapata on the coast just south of Carmel is a favorite painting spot. I've painted a smaller oil sketch of this view on location, but really enjoyed slowing down and developing the details in thi…

• Ma Cherie Cola, Pop Bottle Series #4

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 6

• Jumpin' Jack Spash

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8. Hanging out in the frog spa, a very green contender named Jumpin' Jack Flash, rests up for the big jump competition at the Calaveras County Fair.

• Pomegranate Season

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Autumn Bounty

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 24 x .5

• Sunset Trail, Heeps Peak

  Oil, 11 x 14

• Pink Peonies in Hand Painted Pitcher

  Oil, linen panel, 18 x 14

• Canyon Blues, Gateway to the Grand Canyon at Lee's Ferry

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 18. Lee's Ferry serves as the gateway to the Grand Canyon and offers multiple options to sketch in oils. The sun was in and out and the colors were muted. This is a studio painting of an oil sketch done…

• Grapette, Pop Bottle Series #5

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 6

• Good Medicine

  Oil, Panel, 18 x 24

• Gold Rush Fever

  Oil, linen panel, 18 x 24. Young miners pose for a photo to document their quest for gold.

• High Sierra Morning

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Peonies and Apples

  Oil, Panel, 20 x 16

• Six O'Clock Color Extravaganza, Malibu

  Oil, linen, 20 x 30

• Pansies Three

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 8

• Under the Aspens, Love Declared

  Oil, linen panel, 24 x 24. Old and new graffiti, carved into the trunks of trees throughout this quiet stand of Aspens, inspired me to capture this testament to love declared over the years.

• Texoma_Pop Bottle Series #6

  Oil, Linen, 12 x 7

• Poppies and Ball Jar

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Lotta, The Nation's Darling

  Oil, linen panel, 24 x 12. Lotta Crabtree started acting at age 8 and never stopped, becoming one of the most beloved and well-paid actors and comedians of the nineteenth century. Here she is in an early role playing a…

• Apples with Black Pitcher

  Oil, linen panel, 9 x 12

• Summer Afternoon, Eastern Sierras

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Sun-drop, Pop Bottle Series #8

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 6

• Adah Menken as Mazeppa

  Oil, linen panel, 24 x 12. Adah Isaacs Menkin was a celebrated songstress, dancer, actress, author, poet, and international sex symbol. This costume she is wearing for the stage play Mazeppa titallated audiences, while…

• Village Lights 6

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 6

• Wish Gravy

  Oil, linen panel, 14 x 18

• Frosty Morning, Sentinel Peak, Yosemite

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Charlie

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• The Double Line, Pop Bottle Series #9

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 6

• Wedding Day

  Oil, linen panel, 24 x 18. A bride at the turn of the nineteenth century is dressed and readied for her nuptuals.

• New Found Path

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Tangerine Dream

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 18

• A Walk in the Woods (Big Sur)

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9

• Cantaloupe and Brie

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• TripleXXX Rootbeer, Pop Bottle Series #10

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 6

• Infusion

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 12

• Heading Home

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Red Camelias

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 8

• Storm Clearing Sentinel Rock, Yosemite

  Oil, linen panel, 16 x 20. While this is a studio painting, the subject of a storm retreating after rain was inspired by my experience painting at this location -- and yes, I got wet!

• Whistle, Pop Bottle Series #11

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 6

• Train Station Blues

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30 x 2

• Green Apples

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Large Mouth Bass

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 12

• Abalone Iridescence

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 8

• Quiky, Pop Bottle Series No. 12

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 6. Quiky is part of an ongoing series of paintings featuring old pop bottles collected by my late brother and now in my possession. The wind-up rabbit's ears and shadow echo the Sputnik-era vibe of the…

• High Sierras Color

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Searching for the Mother Lode

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16. The promise of riches lured many people west, and I'm sure the reality of the vast desert and rugged terrain of the west was not part of the dream. Life was hard and disappointment the norm.

• Historic Silhouette

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 8

• Before the Sun, Borrego Springs

  Oil, linen panel, 8 x 16

• Rusty Fence, La Loma Bridge

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 12

• Nature's Window

  Oil, 18 x 24

• Village Spring

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Sierra Blues

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 12

• Afternoon Shadows

  Oil, linen panel, 11 x 14

• 40 Dollar Sunset

  Oil, linen panel, 8 x 16

• Hope Valley Gold, Plein Air

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 11

• A Goldfish for Jeannette

  Oil, Panel, 4 x 6. When I asked my 6 year old granddaughter what she wanted for Christmas, I was surprised that she wanted a painting --- of a goldfish. This one looks very similar to her pet goldfish Clay (as in Mathew…

• Alpine Lake Snow

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Good Night, Dunsmuir, Road Trip 2025 Series

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Yosemite Morning, Half Dome

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20

• Jumping Frogs of Calaveras County

  Oil, linen panel, 24 x 12. The jumping frog event still takes place every year at the Calaveras County Fair in a nod to Mark Twain's short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.

• Yosemite Nocturne

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Aspens in Snow, South Lake Road, Bishop

  Oil, linen panel, 20 x 24

• Desert Tree & Belly Flowers, Joshua Tree National Park

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Buffalo Soldiers

  Oil, linen panel, 18 x 24. Buffalo soldiers traveled west to seek their fortune after serving in the civil war.

• Forest Light

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Three Wheels and Four Heads, Road Trip 2025 Series

  Oil, linen panel, 8 x 16

• Fan Shell Beach, Carmel (plein air)

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Suds Talk

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 11. Men accounted for about 80% of the population in the west during the late 1800s. While some women did become miners and farmers, the majority of them ran boarding houses, taught in schools, washed l…

• Village Ice Cream

  Oil, Panel, 5" x 7"

• Winter Carousel

  Oil, linen panel, 11 x 14

• Hacienda del Sol, Borrego Springs

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 9

• Pomegranates and Silver Bowl

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 11

• Tale of Two Reds

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• View from the Top, Minarettes

  Oil, Canvas, 24" x 36". This area was directly above our camp, and offered a higher view of the surrounding peaks. The snow patch, center left, is above Iceberg Lake. I think what was most surprising to me was the abund…

• Screamin' Green: California Spring

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• California Eucalyptus

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Persimmons and Tea Pot

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Figs

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 9

• The Sculptor's Hat (aka Dwight)

  Oil, linen, 24 x 18

• Tunnel View, Yosemite Valley

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Hart Flat Twilight

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 12

• Whirly Girl

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 18

• Little Lakes Snow, Eastern Sierras

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Shadow Creek, Trail to Lake Ediza

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Girls in Swallows Day Dresses

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• Spring Neon

  Oil, 12 x 9

• Callas and Pears

  Oil, linen, 18 x 14

• Aluminum Pot and Pomegranates

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 18

• Peach Blossoms, Blum Ranch

  Oil, 16 x 20

• Just Picked

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 9

• Sunday Afternoon Picnic

  Oil, 12 x 16

• Snow on the Mountains, Pine Canyon #2

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 8

• Morning Gold, Mt. Ritter and Banner Peak

  Oil, 8 x 10

• Catalina Cat Nap

  Oil, Canvas, 9 x 12

• Eaton Canyon Spring Chaos

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Sentinel Rock Yosemite

  Oil, 18 x 24

• Summer Hats

  Oil, linen, 14 x 11

• Evening Sea

  Oil, linen panel, 12 x 16

• Joe's Creek Bridge, Heaps Peak

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Open Air Bus

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Blue Melody, Grand Canyon

  Oil, linen panel, 12 x 16. The kaleidoscopic color of the Grand Canyon turns to blues, lavendars, pinks, and yellows as the sun sets. A lone hawk glides silently over the canyon. The silence of the visual melody speaks…

• Jeannette

  Oil, linen, 30 x 18

• Row Boat Blues

  Oil, linen panel, 9 x 12

• Morning Shimmer, Lake Ediza

  Oil, linen, 24 x 30

• Pirate Smile, Jeannette Age 4

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• Ruff

  Oil, 24 x 18. Ruff 24" X 18" oil on linen 3rd Place, BoldBrush Painting Competition, March 2015 USC Fisher Art Museum / March 29 - April 19, 2015 / California Art Club 104th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition

• Spring Sycamore, Lower Arroyo Park

  Oil, linen panel, 12 x 9

• Lazy Days of Summer

  Oil, 16 x 12

• Yellow Field

  Oil, linen, 16 x 16

• Where Angels Sing, Minarets, Eastern Sierras

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Beach Bum

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Afternoon on the Rim, Grand Canyon

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 16. This long narrow studio painting is actually smaller than the plein air oil sketch that inspired it!

• Sequoia Redwoods

  Oil, linen panel, 24 x 18

• Maude

  Oil, linen, 14 x 18

• Morning at the Casting Pond, Lower Arroyo Park

  Oil, linen panel, 16 x 20

• Summer Green

  Oil, Canvas, 12" x 16"

• El Capitan Morning Mist

  Oil, 12 x 12

• Coachella Palms

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 12

• Copper Scuttle and Poms

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Yosemite Bridge

  Oil, linen, 20 x 24 x 1

• Blue Gill

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 12

• Palm Canyon Oasis

  Oil, 24 x 16

• Better Days (Tehachapi)

  Oil, linen panel, 10 x 20

• Small Mouth Bass

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 12

• Nocturne from my Tent

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• Motley Crew

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 12

• Sierra Spring Blues

  Oil, linen panel, 14 x 18. Available through 2023 Art Tehachapi

• Old California Bridge

  Oil, linen, 16 x 20

• She Sells Seashells

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Snow on the Mountains, Pine Canyon #1

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Yosemite Gold

  Oil, 16 x 20

• Rainbow Trout

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 12

• Carpenteria Bluffs/Coastal Access

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Bag of Oranges

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Hahamonga Oak

  Oil, linen panel, 18 x 24

• Silver Bucket

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Alpine Glow, Half Dome, Yosemite

  Oil, 24 x 24

• Chinook Salmon

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 12

• Coachella Valley Color (pleinair)

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• California Poppies

  Oil, 9 x 12

• Bear Country, Mt. Ritter and Banner Peak

  Oil, Canvas, 30" x 40". Our camp was under the pine trees, center right, so I fell asleep and woke up to the sound of this stream. In this painting wanted to capture the movement, color, underwater landscape, and light…

• Squeezers

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Placerita Canyon Morning

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Primary Punch

  Oil, 12 x 12

• My Mexican Dolls

  Oil, linen, 14 x 14

• Yosemite Falls

  Oil, linen, 16 x 16

• The Orchid

  Oil, linen panel, 20 x 10

• Box Canyon Blues

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Pretty in Pink

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Sequoia Spring Thaw

  Oil, 16 x 12

• Sunflowers

  Oil, linen, 16 x 20

• La Casita Eucalyptus

  Oil, linen, 24 x 18

• Abalone Shell

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• The Shade Seekers

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 20

• Tarnished

  Oil, 6 x 8

• Road to Rankin Ranch (Tehachapi)

  Oil, linen panel, 18 x 24

• Val

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 6

• Goat Buttes, Malibu

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 24

• California Poppies in Blue Vase

  Oil, Canvas, 10 x 8

• Anza Borrego in Bloom

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Melancholy

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9

• Alabama Hills Gold

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• White Camelias

  Oil, Canvas, 10 x 10

• Patterns

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Etiwanda Evening

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 12

• Andreas Canyon Palms

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Tranquil Afternoon, The Old Mill

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Cream Pitcher

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9

• The Artist's Model

  Oil, linen, 30 x 18

• Villa Angelica Gate, Carmel

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Eaton Canyon Gold

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9

• Evening Trail

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• The Opera Singer

  Oil, linen, 14 x 18

• Pink Dawn, Lake Ediza

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Pomegranites and Persimmons

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Meandering, Shadow Creek

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Sunday Car

  Oil, linen, 12" x 12"

• Persimmons and Vase

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Indian Canyons Ruin

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 18

• Bush Lupine, Sequoia

  Oil, linen panel, 10 x 12

• Homeward Bound, San Juan Capistrano

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Sunday Afternoon, Eaton Canyon

  Oil, linen, 18 x 24

• Lancaster Wildflowers

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Last Light Heaps Peak

  Oil, linen, 16 x 16

• White Teapot

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Ruby Aurora

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 36

• Eucalyptus and Colorado Street Bridge

  Oil, Canvas, 11 x 14

• Old Mill Garden

  Oil, linen, 12 x 16

• Arroyo Scramble

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 24

• California Poppies

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 18

• Sunstruck

  Oil, 8 x 10

• Eaton Canyon Morning

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Morning, Johnson's Pasture

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 16

• Arroyo Sunshine

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Morongo Desert Color

  Oil, 11 x 14

• Roadside Sycamores, Valyermo

  Oil, Canvas, 24" x 30"

• Gnome and Blue Bird

  Oil, linen panel, 16 x 12

• Afternoon Sycamore

  Oil, 14 x 11

• Morongo Sunset

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 24

• Spider Rock

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20

• Desert Bloom

  Oil, 20 x 20

• Old Stone Wall, La Casita del Arroyo

  Oil, 14 x 18

• Ol' Faithful

  Oil, linen panel, 14 x 18. Available through 2023 Art Tehachapi

• Spring Hula

  Oil, 12 x 9

• When There Was Water, Eaton Canyon

  Oil, 9 x 12

• Path to La Casita

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Eaton Canyon Grass

  Oil, 16 x 20

• Carp

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30

• Joshua Tree

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Under the Oaks

  Oil, linen, 18 x 24

• Mountain Waterfall

  Oil, linen, 20 x 24

• Mighty Oak

  Oil, 9 x 9

• Five, San Pedro

  Oil, linen panel, 10 x 12

• Scouting For Dinner

  Linen, 14 x 18

• La Jolla Foam

  Oil, linen panel, 11 x 14

• Double Wave

  Oil, linen panel, 8 x 19

• Dinosaur Rocks at Shell Beach

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 18

• Kiss of the Clouds, San Jacinto

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 12

• Queen Anne Cottage

  Oil, linen, 16 x 18

• Dwindling Stream

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20

• Red Cliffs and Cedar

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Malibu Creek State Park

  Oil, linen panel, 11 x 14

• Early Morning, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 24

• Early Morning Sycamores

  Oil, linen, 18 x 16

• Into the Woods

  Oil, linen, 24 x 30

• Car Culture

  Oil, linen panel, 16 x 20

• Red Car Going Nowhere Fast

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Pacific Blues

  Oil, linen, 48 x 36

• Light and Shadow

  Oil, linen, 12 x 12

• Summer Lake

  Oil, linen, 16 x 16

• Spring Color, J. Norris Ranch

  Oil, linen, 11 x 14

• Dappled Light, Monrovia Canyon Park

  Oil, linen panel, 18 x 24

• Shade, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 12

• Yellow Spring, Arroyo Eucalyptus

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 12

• Red Rock Tower

  Oil, Panel, 18 x 24

• Morning Glow, Canyon de Chelley

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Ol' Twisty

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 12

• Orange Swirl

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 8

• Morning Color

  Oil, Panel, 4 x 6

• First Morning

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20

• Back Country Trail, Catalina Island

  Oil, linen, 16 x 20

• Vineyard Sunset, Temecula

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Eucalyptus

  Oil, Panel, 6 x 6

• Mad Music

  Oil, linen, 16 x 30

• Old Brass and Wax

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 24

• A Little Birdie Told Me

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 24

• The Blue Vase

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9