Anthony Holmes
 | South AfricaI paint in the realist and surrealist tradition, the emphasis of my work being the exploration of dream states, the subconscious, and a playful approach to myth and sexuality. My work often implies a narrative, but is really the result of free associations of images which evolve during the painting process. I allow my fantasy free-play and encourage the viewer to find his or her own meanings and associations in what I do.The touchstone for my imaginative flights is often the human face, or the nude, in all its varieties of emotive suggestion. I like to explore the full gamut of painterly strategies, from subdued monochromatic, more realistic images on one hand, to vibrant, playful and two-dimensional works on the other. It is the abundance and changeability of the imagination that appeals to me, and which drives my artistic quest. Exhibitions 2006 June Ekurhuleni Final Top 100 Jhb Sep Paint + Palette Jhb 2007 Nov Paint + Palette Jhb Nov Greenstone Jhb 2008 Feb Kizo Art Gallery Natal April Bedfordview Jhb May Kizo Art Gallery Natal Aug Paint + Palette Jhb Oct Figure and Form Bamboo Café Jhb Oct St Margarets church Nov Imbizo Gallery. Solo exbo. A celebration of the human body 2009 Jan Imbizo Gallery. Solo exbo. Nudes with a difference May Imbizo Gallery .Group exbo "small work " June Hyde Park Art Festival Rotary Club July Coolart Aug Imbizo Black & white Group exbo Nov Henry Tayler gallery child wellfair Dec Imbizo Gallery Press articles Featuring my work South African Art Times Feb 2008 Natal Sunday Tribune Feb 2008 Sunday Week Feb 2008 The Independent "Arts and Pleasure" Feb 2008 Ilanga LangeSonto Natal April 2008 Daily News April 2008 Get'it Magazine Bedfordview / Edenvale Aug 2008 Life & Style Jan 2009 Media Pencil, pastel, charcoal, watercolour, acrylic, oil, new media, and photography |
 | Boxed in |  | Cute |  | Phone me |  | Nude |
 | Nude |  | Love those eyes |  | Nude |  | Nude |
 | Old times |  | The dancer |