About Crispin Holder

After studying BA(Hons) Fine Art, Crispin Holder worked for several years in the graphic design and print making industries. Although this was immensely rewarding, he always wanted to get back to his first passion of painting. He decided to return to his studio full time in 2015. Crispin has since gone on to exhibit across the UK in both solo and group exhibitions, and has sold commissioned paintings and studio pieces to private and corporate collectors worldwide.

Crispin's interest lies in the definition of form and application of colour theory to create intriguing and challenging compositions. His thought process is inspired by everyday visual experiences, a sense of place and time, and the idiosyncratic nature of human observation.

All of Crispin's work is conceived and drawn on paper before being painted by hand onto canvas or board. Particular attention is then paid to the finer details of edge definition and tonal consistency until the paintings are as flawless as can be achieved.

Crispin's paintings are process heavy, meticulously produced and extremely precise. His methods result in bold, striking images with the intention of provoking the viewer to question what they see, bringing visual pleasure and igniting individual reflection.

"Where the Old Masters created an illusion of space into which one could imagine walking, the illusion created by a Modernist is one into which one can look, can travel through, but only with the eye." Clement Greenburg