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.
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American Blues, 2024
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Purple Musicians, 2024
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Orange Farmer, 2024
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Teal Cowboy, 2024
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Pink Farmer, 2024
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Beatrice & Dante, 2024
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Lavender Dante, 2024
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Pink Dante, 2024
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Pony Express Rider, 2023
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Bird And Blossoms Floral, 2023
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Garden Party Floral, 2023
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Autumn Still Life, 2023
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Spring Still Life, 2023
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Renaissance Venus, 2023
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Sunbather Floral , 2023
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Rooster's Crow, 2022
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After the Hunt (Before the Storm), 2022
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Harvey Girls, 2022
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Los Companeros, 2022
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Downtown, 2022
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The Land of Corn and Wheat, 2022
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Harvest Floral, 2022
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Headed West , 2022
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Blue Still Life with Wine, 2022
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Red Violet Fruit Still Life , 2022
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Birdsong Floral, 2022
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Blue Fruit Still Life , 2022
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Golden Floral, 2022
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Thunder Blue Floral, 2021
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Celine, 2021
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Claire's Lute, 2021
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Summer Eve Portrait , 2021
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Key of A, 2021
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Rusty and Rusty , 2021
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India Green Floral, 2021
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Mandolin Practise, 2021
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Rouge Floral, 2021
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Delphine, 2020
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Dawson County USA, 2020
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Cleo Muse of History, 2020
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Whiskey Sour, 2020
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Prairie Afternoon, 2020
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Outsider Madonna, 2020
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Whiskey Neat, 2020
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Buffalo County USA, 2020
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Plum Floral, 2020
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Blue Vignette No. 1, 2019
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Bleu Vert Madonna, 2019
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Blue Velvet Madonnas, 2019
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Let There Be Cake, 2018
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The Bull, 2018
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Sunday Afternoon, 2018
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Pastry Party, 2018
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The Family Portrait, 2017
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Dead Era Dude 1, 2017
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Lighthouse, 2017
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behold your heart: Dante Biennial
A show of works inspired by the life and writings of Dante Alighieri. 9 March - 28 April 2024 LondonFollowing 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.Read more -
Echo Echo
John Holcomb 1 - 29 October 2022 LondonJohn 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 2022Read more -
Pŏp-ū-lar
Group Show 20 - 30 July 2020 LondonPopular, an exhibition of people including contemporary artworks by John Holcomb, Mersuka Dopazo, Carla Kranendonk, Phil Shaw, Andrew Mockett, Rose Blake, Nikoleta Sekulovic, Sophie Charalambous, Emma Haworth and Jerry Jeanmard. The London exhibition also includes non-Western artworks, including by African Bushmen artists, Norman Kingsley and Jimmy Pike.Read more -
Springtime
Group Show 9 April - 31 May 2020Inside Springtime, an exhibition by contemporary artists such as Rose Blake, Nyarapayi Giles, Mersuka Dopazo and Pauline and Emma Wangin at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London.Read more -
Priceless
John Holcomb 9 December 2019 - 9 January 2020 MiamiInside an exhibition of works by Kansas-based artist John Holcomb at the Rebecca Hossack Miami Project'.Read more -
Springtime Selection
Group Show 5 - 28 April 2018 LondonInside Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery's springtime 2018 exhibition, featuring works by contemporary artists such as Jon Doran, Emma Howarth, Hepzibah Swinford and Patricia Cain.Read more