Art » Paintings
  • Grand Finale
    Grand Finale

    2013
    Oil on canvas
    42" x 50"

  • Perfect Mood
    Perfect Mood

    2013
    Oil on canvas
    30" x 24"

  • Livin' the Moment
    Livin' the Moment

    2013
    Oil on canvas
    42" x 50"

  • The Right Note
    The Right Note

    2013
    Oil on canvas
    36" x 42"

  • Smooth
    Smooth

    2013
    Oil on canvas
    30" x 30"

  • My Time
    My Time

    2013
    Oil on canvas
    36" x 36"

  • Special Moment
    Special Moment


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    50" x 44"

  • June
    June


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    42" x 42"

  • Sophisticated Lady
    Sophisticated Lady


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    40" x 34"

  • Mellow Tone
    Mellow Tone


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    24" x 36"

  • Show Stopper
    Show Stopper


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    40" x 32"

  • Revealed
    Revealed


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    24" x 36"

  • The Legend
    The Legend


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    40" x 32"

  • Inner Circle
    Inner Circle


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    50" x 50"

  • Captive Tone
    Captive Tone


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    50" x 40"

  • Double Beat
    Double Beat


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    44" x 38"

  • Sunlit
    Sunlit


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    40" x 40"

  • Waitin' to Speak
    Waitin' to Speak


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    40" x 32"

  • Comin'-Goin'
    Comin'-Goin'


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    20" x 18"

  • Lines 'n' Contrast
    Lines 'n' Contrast


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    20" x 18"

  • Color, Angles 'n' Form
    Color, Angles 'n' Form


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    42" x 48"

  • Ease into Infinity
    Ease into Infinity


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    42" x 54"

  • In Motion
    In Motion


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    40" x 40"

  • Boldly Speakin'
    Boldly Speakin'


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    42" x 50"

  • Counterbalance
    Counterbalance


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    40" x 32"

  • Blue Monday
    Blue Monday


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    32" x 40"

  • Destination
    Destination


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    42" x 50"

  • Rustic Emotions
    Rustic Emotions


    2012
    Oil on canvas
    40" x 32"

  • Child Nursing
    Child Nursing


    2010
    Oil on Canvas
    24" x 18"

  • School Break
    School Break


    2011
    Oil on Canvas
    40" x 54"

  • Daily Chores
    Daily Chores


    2010
    Oil on Linen
    28" x 20"

  • In the Moment
    In the Moment


    2010
    Oil on Canvas
    40" x 36"

  • Three Women
    Three Women


    2011
    Oil on Canvas
    44" x 34"

  • The Ride
    The Ride


    2011
    Oil on Canvas
    40" x 36"

  • Cadenza
    Cadenza


    2010
    Oil on Linen
    40" x 30"

  • Woman Seated on Red Chair
    Woman Seated on Red Chair


    2003
    Oil on Linen
    60 × 50

  • A Single Fruit
    A Single Fruit


    2011
    Oil on Canvas
    40" x 36"

  • Morning Breeze
    Morning Breeze


    2011
    Oil on Canvas
    40" x 36"

  • Dock at Sunset
    Dock at Sunset


    2009
    Mixed media on linen
    24" x 30"

  • Guardian
    Guardian


    2010
    Oil on Canvas
    24" x 20"

  • Protection Masks
    Protection Masks


    2010
    Mixed media on canvas
    24" x 36"

  • Ram
    Ram


    2010
    Oil on Canvas
    42" x 42"

  • Spirit Mask Abstraction
    Spirit Mask Abstraction


    2010
    Oil on Canvas
    24" x 20"

  • Chiwara II
    Chiwara II


    2010
    Oil on Canvas
    20" x 18"

  • Chiwara
    Chiwara


    2010
    Oil on Canvas
    40 × 30

  • Crocodile Helmet Mask
    Crocodile Helmet Mask


    2010
    Oil on Canvas
    40" x 30"

  • Protection Symbols
    Protection Symbols


    2010
    Oil on Canvas
    36" x 36"

  • Spirit Mask II
    Spirit Mask II


    2010
    Oil on Canvas
    24" x 18"

 

Paintings

Joseph Holston’s paintings are both cubi-abstract and expressionist, with careful attention to color, form, line and composition. His subjects are always recognizable, and his work celebrates life in all of its phases. He does not tell a complete story in his paintings, but rather suggests a narrative, experience, or drama, and invites the viewer to become involved. His paintings are characterized by simple, uncluttered shapes which reduce and refine subjects to basic forms and figures. Holston’s goal is for viewers to become so interwoven in the art that the line between where the viewer ends and the arts begins no longer exists.