“The American cowboy was handed a costume and told it was a soul. Raw umber. Burnt sienna. Graphite grit.”

(manifesto) (studies)
Fuchsia Rider

Fuchsia Rider

Afternoon Ride

Afternoon Ride

Tall Rider

Tall Rider

Southwest Portrait

Southwest Portrait

Afternoon Song

Afternoon Song

The Chroma Cowboy

The Chroma Cowboy

Outpost Companions

Outpost Companions

Neon Buck

Neon Buck

Pony Express Rider

Pony Express Rider

Yellow Bronc

Yellow Bronc

Pink Bronc

Pink Bronc

Blue Bronc

Blue Bronc

john holcomb. painter. chroma cowboys.

addenda:
chroma cowboys. initiated 2014. the cowboy figure recontextualized through rogue colorist logic. gendered chromatic bias identified and subverted. the assigned palette of american masculinity refused. matisse chromatic precedent.

subset: studies. (access).
inquiry 
works index: afternoon ride (access). afternoon song (access). blue bronc (access). chroma cowboy. fuchsia rider. neon buck. outpost companions (access). pink bronc (access). pony express rider. southwestern portrait (access). tall rider (access). yellow bronc.