Gary Holding is inspired by the realist and impressionist painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and cites Sargent, Repin, Levitan and Mancini as his primary influences. He was born in the countryside of Derbyshire. Having lived in Japan and Italy, he currently resides and paints in England.
I paint directly from the subject either en plein air or in the studio. I love to immerse myself in nature for the hours it takes to paint, removed from everything but the urgency to describe something beautiful, fleeting, and deeply wrapped in the nostalgia of my childhood.
I try and evoke in my work a sense of realism balanced by the emotion of impressionism: the close quarter immediacy of nature, true radiant colour and the playfulness of light as I see it.
All works are painted in artist quality oils on archival grounds and framed or unframed. To enquire about a work of art or for commissions please contact Gary Holding using the form below.
