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IRIS ten HOLDER
Iris ten Holder was born in The Netherlands and is married to William ten Holder. The couple lived in Alberta from 1956 - 1961, where two of their children were born. They now have five children, and have lived in Ottawa since 1961. In 1967 Iris became a Canadian Citizen. This coincided with Centennial Year, the birth of their fourth child, and her first year at the Committee Reporting Service at the House of Commons. Iris obtained a B.A. (Concentration Political Science) at the University of Ottawa in 1975 and was an editor at the Committee Reporting Service of the House of Commons from 1975-1995. Visual Arts Development: In 1953 Iris took a course in silkscreen printing at the Alberta School of Technology and Art in Calgary, and in her free time concentrated on interior decorating and various crafts - woodworking, leather, and jewelry design. She enrolled in the Seattle Film Works Self Study Course in Photography, and some years later took courses at the Ottawa School of Art in Basic Darkroom Photography, Digital Photography, Photo Editing, Photo Composition and Portfolio Development. In the summer of 2004 and 2005 she studied life drawing at the Ottawa School of Art under the visiting Australian artist Marcello d'Amico . Her portfolios include: Ottawa, Britannia, Summer Gardens, Life Drawings, and Rug Fantasies, while other subjects are in process. Some additional information Photographs are extensively manipulated and textured to express Iris' view of the subject matter. Due to her knowledge of photo manipulation, Iris is able to restore the beauty of old photographs and combine various photos in one image, either by composition or collage. Many of her artistic renderings are suitable for framing or printing on canvas. Iris uses these images also to have calendars, greeting cards and postcards made, as well as journals, light-switch plates, ceramic tiles and ceramic tile boxes .
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