Donald Holden

Available Works

Donald Holden’s watercolors are an exercise in restraint. “I paint for people willing to take their time,” he states, to “enjoy all the subtleties that don’t emerge at first glance.” The palette is subdued, the imagery modest, the scale intimate, but the finished works are deceptively complex. Holden’s paintings are exquisitely-rendered landscapes, rich with dark passages and hazy light. “I like to think that my watercolors are small, quiet worlds that invite you to step inside and lose yourself.” Holden’s influences include the 15th century Japanese master, Sesshe Toyo, J.M.W. Turner, and James McNeill Whistler.

Holden’s watercolors are included in over 40 museum collections around the world, including the British Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC), Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Victoria & Albert (London).

• Recent Exhibitions: Watercolors, August 2007