Artist:
Mayling Mack Holm
(American, born in the Phillipines, 1940 - 2023)
Singing Christmas Carols On This Special Night
Medium: Ballpoint pen on paper
Date: 1976
Dimensions:
10 × 14 in. (25.4 × 35.6 cm)
Accession number: 2021.11.3
Copyright: © Mayling Mack Holm
Curatorial RemarksMayling Mack Holm was born in Manila, the Philippines, to an American mother and a Chinese father. She grew up in Canton, China, and Hong Kong before moving to the United States permanently at age 16. She studied at Indiana University and DePauw University. She is a Chinese American self-taught artist who worked mainly in illustration. She did not begin making art until she was in her mid-30s when she had young children. A Forest Christmas (Harper & Row, 1976) is her first and only published work, owing to the onset of health difficulties. She worked in the unusual medium of ballpoint pen and collected antique miniature furniture which she used to create her detailed drawings. She currently lives in Vermont.