Loie Hollowell is recognized for her paintings that evoke bodily landscapes and sacred iconography, using geometric shapes to move a figure or its actions into abstraction.

Originating in autobiography, her work explores themes of sexuality, often through allusions to the human form with an emphasis on women’s bodies.

The investigation of autobiography became evident in Hollowell’s work from graduate school, which explored the use of gradient staining techniques on cotton supports as a metaphor for intimate spaces—meditations on sleep and bodily fluids.

These canvases evolved into figurative painting, introducing female nudes as subject matter as well as the use of reflection and mirroring. Her work then shifted toward...