A Different View

At the Red Mountain TMCC art exhibit, Leslie Holt reveals to the world a different view of familiar sights in her "Unholy Ghost" series. Relating her art work back to growing up with a mentally ill family member, she brings a unique view point to bed sheets. Her work is done in oil and is very, at first, a bit eerie. Looking at the images of distorted childhood icons, it feels as if the viewer is in a scary dream where everything is different yet still the same. I believe that she was trying to represent how her mentally ill family member might have viewed the world, with familiar images that boggle the mind. From the Cookie Monster to The Smurfs, many childhood images are distorted in her work. Leslie's images of the childhood figures are a view point from under the bed of a child's sheets. All of the work was wonderful and the colors used caught the eye and drew the viewer in. My favorite work was the image of Big Bird. It was so interesting to know what the figure was and recognize it but at the same time be confused and distracted by the work.