Holly McKimson was born in Los Angeles, CA. Growing up with the likes of the beloved Warner Bros. characters was not uncommon for her, for both her uncles and father were the creators, animators, and directors of the characters, such as the Tasmanian Devil, Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester Jr. and many more.

 

Holly began to draw and paint at approximately two years old, and developed her own style of artwork at an early age. As she grew into her teens, she became interested in the world of photography.  She has always been known for her uniqueness.  She was also photographer for many musicians in the Southern California area.

Some of her stints have been:  Assisting her late father on titles for movies once he left Warner Bros., wallpaper design, graphic design and photography involving businesses and the entertainment business, designs for anything from silk screened stained glass boxes to murals, graphic design for book covers, publishing, editing, web design, 2D texture/design painting for 3D virtual communities (some call them games), fantasy art, Cloud Eight Stationary, writing and poetry, photography for publicity, menus, advertisements, computer and digital graphics and effects, and designing Dichroic glass pendants.  These are only a few of the stints she has been a part of. 

 

Holly has been known and recognized world wide for her work.  After being in recluse after a severe car accident, and raising her only child as an “older” mother, she is back in the world again to present her form of art in glass, graphic design, 2D texture design for virtual worlds, and photography. 

 

Please scroll down this page to visit links, and to see some of her work.

 

 The DreamWeaver Is There site is a site that has many of her designs

from a virtual world known as There...

http://www.DreamWeaverIsThere.com

 

 The McKimson Connection has a variety of collections on it.

http://www.McKimsonConnection.com

 

 

All of her sites are always changing, so be sure to visit on a regular basis. Be sure to

refresh the page each time.

She can create just about anything in digital form or photography for personal or business use.

Just let her use my imagination, and she will be sure to please you.

 

 Below are some of the things she has created...Click on the picture or arrow to see a

larger view

This is a book cover she designed for Sharon Ince.

From My Heart to Your Heart

This is the cover to her first published book offered to the public. It is a compilation of poetry, prose, and writings from age 14 to year 2002.

Third Level of Existence

Steve asked her to design cover for him, and his is the result. This cover was a lot of fun to create since it allowed for imagination.

Ravensbrook Bed and BreakfastThis is Ravensbrook Bed and Breakfast

Located in Coarsegold, CA.

Ever been to the Valley of Fire in Nevada? She thought she would add one of my fairies to the original picture.

Lady Blue

Lady Blue was created in 1976 when she lived in the Palm Springs, CA. area. She has been drawing and painting ladies with the huge cat eyes since she was a child, and this is a trademark of her work.

Two Cats

This is a pen, ink, and water color drawing.

Thinking Mermaid

Thinking Mermaid has about four different versions.

Golden Eyes

Missy's eye.

This was created for actress Katy Kurtzman in 1980 for the use in stationary.

Magic Mirror

This is an illustration from a sci-fi fantasy book she wrote in 1976, but have never published.

The Visit

She was created along with my illustrations for my sci-fi fantasy book.

Angel

This angel is also part of the sci-fi fantasy book.

Angel with Rainbow

Watercolor and pen and ink.

Two Cats in a Rose

Watercolor and pen and ink.

Lady with Rose

Pen and ink with watercolor.

This optical butterfly has pictures inside of it. Can you see the Unipegs?

Optasy Animals

Pen and Ink from my sci-fi fantasy book.

OPTiMAL Seal

Created with pen and ink.

This was created for a friend of mine in There in an article she wrote for an online newspaper representing There activities.

Metal Butterfly

She enjoys creating special effects with her artwork.

This is a tea set she textured (painted) for online content in There. The model was created by my best friend, Banshee_Kate in There.

Cat with Rose

Watercolor with pen and ink.

Crescent Moon Lady

The original was simply pen and ink. Later she added watercolor, and created digital clouds.

Cresent Moon Lady 2

She decided to see what this would look like using a filter in Paint Shop Pro 9.

Special digital effect used on photograph.

Special digital effect used on photograph.

Special digital effect used on photograph.

A logo with digital effect.

A photograph of an Iris.

A photo of a friend's cat. "I need a hug."

Photo of cat above in another view.

Las Vegas from the Stratesphere.

This was taken on a winter day from Holly's porch when she lived in Oakhurst, CA

Fairy on Rose

This is for a coffee mug.

Fair on Rose with Black Background.

Watercolor with pen and ink.

OPTi-MAL Horse

OPTi-MAL Horse

She also calls them Optasy animals.

OPTi-MAL Unipeg

Just for fun and a joke.

This was one of her first optical drawings in 1964.

Watercolor with pen and ink.

Ice Caves Pen and Ink

Lady Butterfly

Watercolor with Pen and Ink

For a friend.

For a friend.

For a friend--faded.

For a friend---very dark for background on website.

Lady with Feather in Hat

Pen and Ink.

Lady in Hat

Pen and Ink.

Victorian Lady

This was created for a website.

Love

Gold and diamonds digitally created.

Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders

Photo she took in 1966 at "Dick Clark's, Where the Action Is." There are only a few of the pictures Holly shot that are left after all these years. They were either stolen or lost through time.

One of her first digital designs using her artwork as a base.

Mermaid-Fairy

Originally pen and ink, and then digitally changed the color.

Wild Hair Mermaid

This is only one of the versions. She was originally created with watercolor and pen and ink.

Mermaid with Friends

Watercolor with pen and ink.

Mermaid

Watercolor with Pen and Ink

Mermaid on Rock

Watercolor and pen and ink.

Mermaid on Rock V2

Mermaid

Watercolor with pen and ink.

Wild Hair Mermaid V2

This is one of her first digital pieces of art for the web using other people's artwork, and my own effects on the writing and creation.

OPTi-MAL Tiger

Digitally transformed.

Mark Lindsay--1966

Phil (Fang) and Mark

Created for a postcard.

Paul and Smitty of Paul Revere and the Raiders

This picture won her an award of 2nd place in a nation wide contest.

Photo of a rose she took with a digital camera when they first came out...

The resolution was very low.

Kaleioscope

Digitally created.

This is Sam...

Just a snapshot.

Staff of Light

Digitally enhanced...originally watercolor with pen and ink.

Staff of Light

Cut out from original picture.

Staff of Light in Black and White.

This picture was taken from her porch in Oakhurst with her first low res digital camera.

She added the picture of the fairy of course.

Thinking Mermaid

Another version.

Thinking Mermaid

Yet another version, digitally changed.

Three Cats

Watercolor and pen and ink.

A Special Tree at Night

Two Cats

Watercolor with pen and ink.

Undercover Cat

Pen and Ink

Waiting

Watercolor with Pen and Ink.

Wild Hair Mermaid

Another version.

Wild Hair Mermaid

Another version.

Youth

A friend's cat.

A friend's cat digitally changed with a filter.

Photo digitally changed with filter.

This is one of the tops she created for the There community.

Being that this is a screenshot, you can't see all the detail.

Thief of Hearts Screenshot

This is one of her very detailed tops created for the There 3D community. Again, the true beauty and detail cannot be seen in this screenshot.

Lady in Hat

Here's Lookin' at You

Pen and Ink.

OPTi-MAL

Las Vegas, NV Sunset

This was taken with a digital camera looking toward the Lady Luck Casino.

Lady with Cat

Pen and Ink

"Ain't I Cute?"

A simple picture of a friend's kitten.
 
 
 
This grouping has mostly fashions and items she created for avatars (virtual people) in a virtual world known as There.  She has created
over 2000 designs for in world usage.  The screenshots do not show the true detail of the work involved since they are low res.

This is used on the DreamWeaverIsThere site for both of Holly's avatars.

Summer

Stormy Nights was created for Stormy.

Think Pink

Think Sunshine

Wedding Jewels

Holiday Lace

Wedding Love

Exotic Royale

Something for just the fun of it.

Lady Aylana

Lady Luck and Sunet in Las Vegas, NV

Pirate Princess. This is part of the Pirate series.

Pirate Queen Buggy. There is also a Pirate King version.

Pirate Queen Pants

Pirate Queen top

Blue and Gold Butterfly

Design for a possible tattoo

Design for a possilbe tattoo or embellishment for designing in scrapbooks or games.

Butterfly tattoo or embellishment.

Butterfly tattoo or embellishment

Flight...Watercolor and pen and ink

Butterfly fairy lady

Watercolor butterfly

Crescent Moon Lady...Watercolor and pen and ink.

Dancing Fairy

Dragon...This could be good for a tattoo, embellishment, or cutout.

Dragon with gold

Feather in Hat

Ladies design for postcard or card

OPTi-MAL or Optasy horse.

Tiger

Booh People 1

This is the beginning to a series I call, "Booh People." She is actually the least detailed of all of them.

Cat with digital enhancement

Butterfly for in world

Embellishment, cutout, or tattoo.