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Born in the United States, Hollander is a veteran of
the military, film and the canvas. Hollander achieved notoriety as a
documentarian, but discovered painting was the best avenue for the
emotional expression he desired. Hollander and his family lived in Spain
for thirty years and hosted numerous one-man shows throughout Europe. In
1982, Hollander and his wife established the Hollander Museum in Southern
Spain.
“I chose painting for the oneness of the moment the medium can allow – the
immediacy of expression. I find my deepest moments are of felling. It’s
those moments I paint of and for….The art of painting provides me with a
constant mirror of my being – both successes and failures, the good
moments and bad. I prefer to paint it all as it comes. Painting takes on a
rhythm as breathing – loose, tight, whatever. Living and painting become
one. I believe in a universality of art’s function, a heritage of
involvement of everyone – the youngest to the oldest, the artist, the
viewer – a subliminal communication of feelings about the human
condition….My paintings are expressly directed to evoke an emotional
reaction from the viewer.”
“I just couldn’t get close, nor alone enough with self expression as a
film maker…I turned self trained to painting for what I thought was its
unlimited potential for emotional expression….today, 40 years later, I
feel even stronger that I have achieved what I want out of and for my
paintings…it’s emotional expression to me and for the viewer, each
hopefully, in his/her own very personal way.”
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