Making The Turn...

...on this painting, I'm sanding it smooth for the second layer of paint. From here it becomes glass-like, which is perfect for focusing on the details. Finally, the palette is set with a wider range of color to capture the water. 

The First Layer...

...of paint is finished, and now the fun part begins: focusing in on the details to make this painting really sing. 

Tags: JB Boyd

“Concentric Circles...

...referencing Jasper Johns, Kenneth Nolland..." said Carl Belz. If only he was talking about my painting, but this was part of an impromptu art monologue on the packaging of Lucky Strike cigarettes. Holding about a dozen slightly shivering art students, myself included, transfixed on a Boston sidewalk during a smoke break, it was one of those little lectures on art in the everyday that stuck with me. 

​Carl had an amazing way of making art relatable and immensely exciting at the same time. If you ever see one of his books on art, do yourself a favor and buy it. And so some twenty years later, I am painting a painting that was partly inspired by that little lecture.