[3] Her works draw inspiration from Native American stories that she heard as a child and include themes such as shape shifters, tricksters, messenger birds, and owl bearers.
[5] Her professional website states: "Holly Wilson creates figures that serve as her storytellers to the world, conveying stories of the sacred and the precious, capturing moments of our day, vulnerabilities, and strengths.
Wilson's work reaches a broad audience allowing the viewer the opportunity to see their personal connection.
Wilson works in various media, including bronzes, paint, encaustic, photography, glass, and clay.
In 1993, she earned her teaching certification in primary and secondary education (K-12) from Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma.
[8] Wilson traced her Native American lineage to share her identity and family history to prove the amount of blood quantum that is required to be an Indian in her tribe.
Leading the beginning of the wall sculpture are her five children, including three that didn't survive; the second section consists of her siblings as well as herself; then her parents, and so forth.
On top of a long piece of locust wood cut in equal segments and assembled to look like an artery, small bronze figures process in a line.
The sharp tacks lodged on the wall are incoming bombs that represent messages coming from society.
By placing the boy in the center of the incoming danger, Wilson is indicating that the child is ready to face the world set before him.