“No painting of a woman has ever been just a painting.”

(manifesto) (genre)
Porcelain Venus

Porcelain Venus

A Renaissance Venus

A Renaissance Venus

Rococo Pink Madonna

Rococo Pink Madonna

Wildflower

Wildflower

Bleu Vert Madonna

Bleu Vert Madonna

Eventide

Eventide

Yellow Madonna

Yellow Madonna

The Sirens

The Sirens

A Rose-Colored Venus

A Rose-Colored Venus

blue velvet madonnas

blue velvet madonnas

sunset madonnas

sunset madonnas

outsider madonna

outsider madonna

john holcomb. painter. the original.

addenda:
the original. initiated 2019. a sustained inquiry into classical figurative tradition. five centuries of representational iconography recontextualized through rogue chromaticism. the figure is not constructed. the figure is encountered. the painting is the record of that encounter.

subset: genre. (access).
inquiry 
works index: a renaissance venus (access). a rose-colored venus. bleu vert madonna. blue velvet madonnas. eventide. outsider madonna (access) porcelain venus (access) rococo pink madonna (access). the sirens. sunset madonnas. wildflower. yellow madonna.