About The Artist: John Holcomb
The paintings of John Holcomb, based in Kansas, are animated by confident line and clear silhouettes while incorporating bold simplicity with 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 inspiration from the imagery of a version of America in a lost time.
Holcomb’s use of riotous hues and bold color bring his subjects into the modern era. The play of light falls across each figure’s face is abstracted to a jigsaw of rainbow shades, the sun in the sky a spot of unexpected waves of bright color.
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.
