Swell Artist Collective's Stuart Holland is an artist who currently lives and works in Boise, Idaho. He spent his younger years moving around a lot, but after a time put roots down in Idaho and is proud to call it home. Holland first started making art when he was only three years old, emulating illustrations from an animal encyclopedia that his parents bought for him. His paintings have always been inspired by animals and the intricate network of interactions between different species as they struggle for survival. Nature and the Universe at large have at all times been a conduit for spirituality, and a trip to Peru set his work on a pointedly different turn, focusing on ethereal charcoal drawings, exploring a crossroads where the physical and spiritual realms overlap, a powerful place of inner stillness amidst a world of entropic chaos. These works are illuminated by philosophy, quantum physics, psychology, and psychedelics, striking a delicate balance between additive and reductive mark-making which emphasizes the stark contrasts of charcoal. Holland earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in printmaking from Boise State University.