With a ranch in Oklahoma, M. S. Hollis is headquartered in the Texas Wine and Hill Country just west of Austin in Wimberley, Texas. She was inspired in the dinosaur days to create art after a youthful encounter with Georgia O’Keefe.
M.S. Hollis is the recipient of numerous awards and honors in the past:
- Biennale Internazionale Dell”Arte Contemporanea – città di Firenze, Florence, Italy United Nations
- Galleria Zero, Berlin, Germany
- NAFA, Gold medal winner, Brazil
- British Columbia Cowboy Heritage Exhibition, Canada
- APA Signature Member
- Richard Schmid Invitational
- Faces of the Fallen, Arlington Museum, Arlington, VA
- NAFA, Gold Medal Winner, Vienna, Austria
- International Bison Association
- Inter-Tribal Bison Counsel -Featured Artist
- AWA Award Winner, Sante Fe, New Mexico

The art has been included in:
- International Artist, How Did You Paint That? Still Life and Florals, Vol. II
- How Did You Paint That? People and Figures.
- InformArt Magazine, Spring, 2004
- The Western Horseman Magazine, Gallery Section, March, 2004
- Art of the West Magazine’s Guidebook of Western Artists, 2000-2004
- Wildlife Art Magazine’s Collectors Source, November, 2003
Gallery Representation:
- Pitzers Fine Art, Texas