john holcomb. painter.
john holcomb. painter. 2026.
john holcomb.
kansas studio.
rogue colorist.
a structural dissent from art historical logic.
inherited image. original argument.
external representation:
rebecca hossack art gallery.
london. miami. new york.
2016–present.
practice:
autodidactic.
oil pastel over acrylic.
works on canvas.
protocol:
original works only.
editions by arrangement.
artist statement:
“I'm not interested in painting the world as it has been seen. I want the one that got painted over.” (statement)
profile:
John Holcomb is a painter from Kansas. A rogue colorist. Works in oil pastel over acrylic. Three territories: the female figure. florals. the American frontier.
The work appropriates the tradition's images and refuses its conclusions. Showing with Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery. London. Miami. New York. 2016–present. Two solo exhibitions. Six group shows.
Raised in rural Kansas. Adopted at nine. With no formal art training and an innate obsession with the drawn image — the obsessions did the educating.
historical record:
(access)
current studio focus:
chroma cowboys.
(access)
Art historical appropriation is the methodology. The female nude and the american frontier are the territories. Rogue color is the instrument. The tradition's assumptions are the subject.