From her birth in a small town in Oklahoma, to her childhood in Venezuela, through her adult life spent in a variety of locations in the Southwest and California, Linda Carter Holman has been inspired by places both actual and imaginary. Observing a painting by Carter Holman is like opening the pages of a good book filled with colorful characters and descriptive narrative. Carter Holman draws on her life experience and vivid imagination to create canvases that speak of abundance, harmony, good spirits.