Ash Holmes is a self-taught Sydney-based artist. Drawing on colour psychology and her environment, her practice on Guringai land is an ever-evolving source of inspiration in her abstract paintings. Creativity runs in her blood. As a fourth-generation artist, Holmes practices across large canvases with acrylic and oil paint. The texture is built through gestural mark-marking to imprint the canvas, eluding a sense of time and place. Holmes encompasses her research in colour psychology to give the works a sensory effect - the harmonious tones of the environment connect her audience to the landscape she creates within. In 2021, Holmes was selected as the resident artist for the Harboard hotel. Ash has been a finalist in two special art awards, the Mosman prize finalist and the Llovd Rees award memorial award and combat prize finalist.