‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’ (2017)
Mixed Media
150cm x 120cm
‘Hot Tramp (I Love You So)’ (2016)
Mixed Media
120cm x 120cm
‘With me it’s a full time job, now behave yourself’ (2017)
Mixed Media on Canvas
120cm x 100cm
‘Warhol’s Muse’ (2016)
Mixed Media on Canvas
120cm x 80cm
‘Edie’ (2017)
Charcoal and diamond dust on paper
180cm x 70cm
SOLD
‘The Ballet Dancer’ (2017)
Charcoal and diamond dust on paper
180cm x 70cm
SOLD
Winner Takes It All (2016)
Mixed Media on Canvas
120cm x 100cm
SOLD
Anyone For Tennis (2016)
Mixed Media on Canvas
120cm x 100cm
SOLD
Because I’m Worth It (2016)
Mixed Media on Canvas
120cm x 100cm
SOLD
Pulp Fiction (2016)
Mixed Media on Canvas
120cm x 100cm
SOLD
Picasso’s Muse (2014)
Mixed Media on Canvas
122cm x 122cm
SOLD
15 Minutes (2014)
Mixed Media on Canvas
112cm x 143cm
SOLD
Sitting for Picasso (2014)
Mixed Media on Canvas
112cm x 143cm
SOLD
Playmate of the Year (2014)
Mixed Media on Canvas
112cm x 143cm
SOLD
I Said Hey Babe (2014)
Mixed Media on Canvas
112cm x 143cm
SOLD
The New Bling Dynasty Vase (2013)
Mixed Media on Porcelain
60cm x 33cm
SOLD
Portrait Of An Artist, A Study (2012)
Mixed Media on Canvas
55cm x 42cm
SOLD
Love Me Tender (2013)
Mixed Media on Canvas
113cm x 113cm
SOLD
Gilbert and George (2013)
Mixed Media on Canvas
113cm x 113cm
SOLD
Il Portiere Di Notte (2013)
Mixed Media on Canvas
110cm x 140cm
SOLD
I’ve Got It All (2013)
Mixed Media on Canvas
113cm x 113cm
SOLD
Far From The Madding Crowd (2013)
Mixed Media on Canvas
113cm x 113cm
SOLD
Picasso’s Muse (2013)
Mixed Media on Canvas
113cm x 113cm
SOLD
Say It With Flowers (2013)
Mixed Media on Canvas
100cm x 100cm
SOLD
And Then There Was Marilyn, Turquoise (2013)
Mixed Media on Canvas
100cm x 100cm
La Grande Odalisque (2013)
Mixed Media on Canvas
120cm x 90cm
SOLD
There But For The Grace Of God Go I (2013)
Mixed Media on Canvas
110cm x 140cm
SOLD
Arte Regnandi (2013)
Mixed Media
48cm x 21cm
Kabaret (2013)
Mixed Media on Canvas
92cm x 123cm
SOLD
Are You Lonesome Tonight (2013)
Mixed Media on Canvas
100cm x 150cm
SOLD
The Rebirth of Venus (2013)
Mixed Media on Canvas
92cm x 123cm
SOLD
The Persistence of Memory Declining (2013)
Mixed Media on Canvas
140cm x 110cm
SOLD
Taboo (2013)
Mixed Media
202cm x 44cm
And she wears Chanel (2012)
Mixed Media on Canvas
102cm x 132cm
SOLD
The New Bling Dynasty Vase (2012)
Mixed Media on Porcelain
60cm x 33cm
SOLD
Sleeper (2012)
Mixed Media on Canvas
102xm x 122cm
SOLD
Round 2 (2011)
Mixed Media on Canvas
115cm x 115cm
SOLD
Hit Me Baby (2010)
Mixed Media on Canvas
102cm x 132cm
SOLD
I Just Can’t Stop Believing (2012)
Mixed Media on Canvas
112cm x 143cm
Portrait of an Artist (2012)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Mixed Media on Canvas
102cm x 132cm
SOLD
James Holdsworth graduated from Chelsea Art School in the late 1970’s and became a dominant figure in the debate surrounding the reappraisal of art and punk. Moving to New York in the 1990’s, he continued to work as an artist, carrying out private and corporate commissions, including his work at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. During a career spanning four decades, James Holdsworth’s works have gained an international reputation, featuring in shows and collections in Los Angeles, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, Sao Paolo and London.
Artist Statement
When I paint I try to visually express my understanding of life in the 21st century. My work examines society’s many lusts and desires, with fortune and fame centre stage and our insecurities never far away. My aim is to create works that are a symphony of controlled chaos, using iconography, symbols and and the written word, to express a message about the fragility of our existence and our uncertain futures…which are merely held together with hope. “Lighten our darkness we beseach thee oh lord !”
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