John Holcomb

'Whilst colour is an important part of my work, it is actually my second favourite element of the creative process. I love drawing lines above all else. I always wanted to paint, but I didn't want to give up the ability to draw lines'.

- John Holcomb

The paintings of Kansas-based John Holcomb are energised by confident line and clear silhouettes. And yet, the bold simplicity of his mark-making originates in a complex web of cultural and artistic influences. Fauvism and Old Master's Holland meet Grant Wood and American Regionalism, as Holcomb draws on the imagery of America in a lost time.

Holcomb's use of riotous hues modernises his subject. The play of light as it falls across each figure's face is abstracted to a jigsaw of rainbow shades, the sun in the sky a spot of unexpected colour.

Holcomb has exhibited across the USA at art fairs in New York, San Francisco, Miami and Palm Springs, as well as in Singapore, Hong Kong and Paris.

behold your heart: Dante Biennial

Inspired by Dante Alighieri

9 March - 28 April 2024

London

Following our exhibition Inferno in 2022, the first of the gallery's biennial exhibitions inspired by the life and writings of Dante, the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery is proud to present behold your heart, the second of such Dante-inspired exhibitions.

Echo Echo

John Holcomb

1 - 29 October 2022

London

John Holcomb’s new exhibition of paintings inspired by the mould-breaking, proto-Pop, ‘Echoes’ series created during the 1920s by British artist Walter Sickert (1860-1942). Exhibited at Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery October 2022