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About the Artist

Kate Holloman serves as a missionary in the Czech Republic with her husband and two kids. 

 She is a work at home mom who invests her time in raising her children, managing her home, and creating fine art and illustration.

 Kate has illustrated multiple Christian-themed products in the Czech Republic. Her character, Jimmy the sheep, was featured in a children's section of a Czechoslovak Christian Magazine for several years. 
She recently released Treasure of the Heart, her first full-length Czech-language coloring book under the name Poklad Srdce, which is now available in its English-language version, and her first full-color illustrated children's book is expected to be published in 2017. 

 Kate strives to honor God with everything she does, holding firmly to her Christian values and creating art that is beautiful, pure, and uplifting. 


Kate with her husband and their two children

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