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Painter · Oil and pigment on linen

Mira
Holt

Large, quiet paintings about weather, rooms and the colour of late afternoons. Originals, commissions and a few editions, shown in galleries across Europe and Asia.

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Works

Abstract painting in warm reds and blues

Harbour Light III

2026 · Oil on linen · 150 × 120 cm€6,800
Painting with loose strokes of pink and ochre

Afternoon, East Room

2026 · Oil on linen · 120 × 100 cm€5,200
Abstract canvas with bold colour fields

Field Study

2025 · Oil on linen · 90 × 70 cmSold
Painting with soft layered colours

Weather Diary 12

2025 · Pigment on paper · 56 × 76 cmPrice on request
Textured abstract painting

Night Kitchen

2024 · Oil on linen · 100 × 100 cmPrivate collection
Close-up of painted texture

Linen Study II

2024 · Oil on linen · 60 × 50 cm€2,400

Series

Three bodies of work, 2019 → now

01

Harbour Light

Twelve paintings made over two winters by the water. The same view, never the same colour.

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Paintings hanging on a gallery wall

02

Rooms

Interiors remembered rather than observed. Doorways, chairs, the light that falls across a floor at four o'clock.

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Framed paintings in a bright room

03

Weather Diary

Small works on paper, one for every day of a year. Shown together for the first time in 2026.

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Brushes and paint on a studio table

I paint slowly, in the hours when the light is leaving. Each canvas is a record of a room, a window and a few minutes that will not come back. I would like the paintings to be as quiet as that.

Exhibitions

An artist's studio with canvases and paint

About

Trained in Glasgow, working between Lisbon and Seoul.

Mira Holt (b. 1988) studied painting at the Glasgow School of Art. Since 2012 she has worked from a converted warehouse by the river, painting in oil on hand-primed linen and in pigment on paper.

Her work is held in private collections in nine countries and in the collection of the Nordic Watercolour Museum.

  • 2026Harbour Light, Galerie Bruun, Copenhagen (solo)
  • 2026Rooms & Other Rooms, Seoul Art Week
  • 2025Four Painters, The Linden Rooms, London
  • 2023Residency, Casa Ocre, Lisbon
  • 2012MFA Painting, Glasgow School of Art

Commissions

Four steps, about ten weeks

1

Conversation

A call about the room, the light and the size that would suit it.

2

Study

Two small colour studies on paper, yours to keep whichever way you decide.

3

Painting

Six to eight weeks in the studio, with photographs along the way.

4

Delivery

Framed if you wish, crated and insured to your door.

from €2,400Works on paper, up to 76 cm
from €5,200Canvas, up to 120 cm
on requestLarge and multi-panel works
"The painting changed the room. We sit differently now."
A collector in Copenhagen (sample testimonial)
"Working with Mira on a commission was unhurried and clear from the first call."
A collector in Seoul (sample testimonial)

Contact

Enquire about a work, a commission or a visit.

Studio visits by appointment, Thursdays and Fridays. Replies within two working days.