Like many illustrators, James Bama drew from live models, and his favorite was a man by the name of Steve Holland. Mr. Holland had the rugged good looks and physique that was perfect for the male-oriented themes that were widely popular on the cover of paperbacks and other media.
Holland's career spanned decades, and he is probably best known as being the model for James Bama's Doc Savage paintings. Bama called him, "the world's greatest model". This article is from ILLUSTRATION magazine (#73, 2021).
UPDATE: Per the comment, here's the LINK to the Steve Holland website. Some very interesting posts there, as well as a store where you can purchase not one, but three books on the great artist's model.
Thanks for reprinting my article. Visit SteveHollandbook.com for hundreds of posts, photos and illustrations featuring The World’s Greatest Illustration Art Model.
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