Andrew Holmquist

  • Andrew Holmquist draws from popular culture and everyday life for his lush paintings and works on paper, which slip between representation and abstraction and stand as celebrations of painting itself. Holmquist fills his compositions with fat, gestural brushstrokes, geometric forms, drips, splatters, human figures, and passages of color. In his work, figuration dissolves into abstraction, and abstraction coalesces into recognizable imagery, a play on what he calls the “slippery” nature of paint, at once infinitely malleable and full of limitations.
  • Exhibitions
  • Works
    • Andrew Holmquist, Bather 3, 2025
      Andrew Holmquist
      Bather 3, 2025
      Oil on canvas
      10 x 8 inches
      11 x 9 inches, framed
    • Andrew Holmquist, Bather 4, 2025
      Andrew Holmquist
      Bather 4, 2025
      Oil on canvas
      10 x 8 inches
      11 x 9 inches
    • Andrew Holmquist, Bather 5, 2025
      Andrew Holmquist
      Bather 5, 2025
      Oil on canvas
      16 x 12 inches
      17 x 13 inches, framed
    • Andrew Holmquist, Ocean Bathers, 2025
      Andrew Holmquist
      Ocean Bathers, 2025
      Oil on canvas
      22 x 30 inches
    • Andrew Holmquist, Elysian Park 6, 2022
      Andrew Holmquist
      Elysian Park 6, 2022
      oil on canvas
      72 x 60 inches
    • Andrew Holmquist, Alba Road, 2021
      Andrew Holmquist
      Alba Road, 2021
      Oil on canvases
      Diptych, 18 x 21 inches each (18 x 42 inches)
    • Andrew Holmquist, Backyard Hammock, 2021
      Andrew Holmquist
      Backyard Hammock, 2021
      Oil on four canvases
      18 x 60 inches overall, 18 x 15 inches each
    • Andrew Holmquist, Cabrillo Highway 1, 2021
      Andrew Holmquist
      Cabrillo Highway 1, 2021
      Oil on canvas
      21 x 18 inches
    • Andrew Holmquist, Cabrillo Highway 2, 2021
      Andrew Holmquist
      Cabrillo Highway 2, 2021
      Oil on canvas
      18 x 21 inches
    • Andrew Holmquist, Point Lobos 1, 2021
      Andrew Holmquist
      Point Lobos 1, 2021
      Oil on canvas
      12.5 x 15 inches
    • Andrew Holmquist, Elysian Park 1, 2020
      Andrew Holmquist
      Elysian Park 1, 2020
      Oil on canvas
      31.5 x 39.25 inches
    • Andrew Holmquist, Henry Cowell 1, 2020
      Andrew Holmquist
      Henry Cowell 1, 2020
      Oil on canvas
      12.5 x 15 inches
    • Andrew Holmquist, Hillside, 2020
      Andrew Holmquist
      Hillside, 2020
      Glazed stoneware
      29.5 × 15.25 × 6 in
    • Andrew Holmquist, On-Ramp, 2020
      Andrew Holmquist
      On-Ramp, 2020
      Glazed stoneware
      33.25 × 19 × 9 in
    • Andrew Holmquist, Point Cabrillo 1, 2020
      Andrew Holmquist
      Point Cabrillo 1, 2020
      Oil on canvas
      8 x 10 inches
    • Andrew Holmquist, Russian Gulch 1, 2020
      Andrew Holmquist
      Russian Gulch 1, 2020
      Oil on canvas
      8 x 10 inches
    • Andrew Holmquist, Russian Gulch 2, 2020
      Andrew Holmquist
      Russian Gulch 2, 2020
      Oil on canvas
      10 x 8 inches
    • Andrew Holmquist, Russian Gulch 3, 2020
      Andrew Holmquist
      Russian Gulch 3, 2020
      Oil on canvas
      10 x 8 inches
    • Andrew Holmquist, Test Tiles (12), 2020
      Andrew Holmquist
      Test Tiles (12), 2020
      glazed stoneware
      1 x 1.5 x between 4 - 6.75 inches
    • Andrew Holmquist, Test Tiles (5), 2020
      Andrew Holmquist
      Test Tiles (5), 2020
      glazed stoneware
      Each 1 x 1.5 x between 7.25 - 9.75 inches
    • Andrew Holmquist, Tree 3, 2020
      Andrew Holmquist
      Tree 3, 2020
      Colored pencil, wax pastel, and oil on paper
      46 x 32.25 inches (framed)
    • Andrew Holmquist, Tree 4, 2020
      Andrew Holmquist
      Tree 4, 2020
      Colored pencil, wax pastel, and oil on paper
      46 x 32.25 inches (framed)
    • Andrew Holmquist, Wharf Rock 1, 2020
      Andrew Holmquist
      Wharf Rock 1, 2020
      Oil on canvas
      10 x 8 inches
    • Andrew Holmquist, Tree 1, 2019
      Andrew Holmquist
      Tree 1, 2019
      Trace monotype, colored pencil, wax pastel, spray paint, oil and collage on paper
      46 x 32.25 inches (framed)
    • Andrew Holmquist, Tree 2, 2019
      Andrew Holmquist
      Tree 2, 2019
      Colored pencil, wax pastel, graphite wash, and oil on paper
      46 x 32.25 inches (framed)