The Temple Sisters, Holly and Ashlee, work in mixed media to generate works on paper, canvas and create small assemblages. Each work they devise is meant to engage the viewer in questions about the temporal and fluid nature of image, memory, and cultural language of expression.

Collaboration, both in applied method as well as conceptually, is at the core of their work. They each find the implicit trust required by working in tandem to be one of the most  interesting and integral parts of their art. A shared history and shared aesthetic emerges as a partnership in paint  and paper. It is their deep belief that collaboration – artist-to-artist, art-to-observer – is at the heart of the creative  process.

The Artists

Holly studied art and art history at the San Francisco Academy Art, San Francisco State University and at C.S.U. in Florence, Italy.  She worked in New York for many years as an Art Director at Avon, Christian Dior, Estee Lauder, David Yurman, among others and currently runs her own freelance graphic design company in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

Ashlee studied theatre at N.Y.U. and received her M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama. She continues to work in theatre as a director. 

Both of their backgrounds provide for unique perspectives on visual storytelling, which is a conscious, ever-present element of their work. When apart, they work independently on the same project, developing separate but parallel designs that are consolidated only when they reunite in their studio.

The Sisters have spent a lifetime studying art under their father, California artist Brook Temple.

For more information and work check out their website: templesisters.com.

You can also find them on Facebook: The Temple Sisters and Instagram: @temple_sisters