Melville Holmes

Artist, Craftsman, Scholar

mholmesart@gmail.com ● 509-838-6878 ● Spokane, WA

Scholar

Contributor to both specialized and general publications:

amber varnish, white lead, chemical composition, conservation methods

“Amber Varnish and the Technique of the Gentileschi” included in the appendices of Artemisia Gentileschi and the authority of art : critical reading and catalogue raisonné, by R. Ward Bissell; also cited in “‘Amber Varnish’ and Orazio Gentileschi’s ‘Lot and His Daughters’” by Mark Leonard, Narayan Khandekar and Dawson W. Carr in The Burlington Magazine Vol. 143, No. 1174 (Jan., 2001).

  • Burlington Magazine.
  • American Art Review
  • Western Art & Architecture
  • Art Chowder magazine (2015-2021)

Artist

Melville Holmes received his first oil painting lessons at the age of nine and it seemed a matter of course that he entered college as an art major, but it was only during his junior year in 1972 that he found clear direction. “Standing before Rembrandt’s Portrait of a Rabbi, I saw a rich matrix … More Artist

Scholar

Contributor to both specialized and general publications: amber varnish, white lead, chemical composition, conservation methods “Amber Varnish and the Technique of the Gentileschi” included in the appendices of Artemisia Gentileschi and the authority of art : critical reading and catalogue raisonné, by R. Ward Bissell; also cited in “‘Amber Varnish’ and Orazio Gentileschi’s ‘Lot and … More Scholar

Classic Holmes Still Life from Melville Holmes on Vimeo.

Using techniques derived from his studies of the materials and methods of the Old Masters, artist Melville Holmes has painted richly luminous, contemplative still life paintings for many years.

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