Tanner Holcomb

Tanner Holcomb is a Boise, Idaho painter who spent years as a bicycle mechanic before earning his BFA in Studio Art at Boise State University. Time at the repair stand taught him to look closely at how parts meet, where tension sits, and why a small adjustment can change the whole ride. He brings that same patient, hands-on curiosity to the studio. Most of his paintings begin with a question he can’t let go of, like why a parking lot turns orange at six in the evening, or how a bridge sits on the Boise River.

Holcomb works in oil on cradled birch panel, preferring a hard surface under the palette knife to the bounce of stretched canvas. He builds each image from flat slabs of color, so his abstract and geometric compositions sometimes resolve into a landscape and sometimes stay pure shape and light. The clean edges and warm, considered palettes suit modern living rooms, home offices, entryways, and loft spaces where a crisp, graphic piece can anchor the wall. Below are Holcomb’s canvases in our shop, ready to hang.