This Is My...

...latest finished painting, "10,000 Acres Waltz." It is oil on panel and measures 11 x 11". $3,200. -jb.

I’m Always Painting...

...but not always painting the same painting. This is one that I started at the beginning of 2019, but have only worked on it in an on again, off again fashion. Working this way, I get to take a break from the other thing I have going, or have something to continue on with while the other painting I'm studying dries. You can scroll back in time to see its earlier layers, and the finished product should be up in a week or two once the this one dries enough for a glaze and a varnish.

When My Wonderful Wife...

...tells me there is a place I need to see, it always puts a smile on my face for the results are usually future paintings. This Sunday proved no different, with a little help from the trusty ladder and even trustier Subaru!

Sometimes I Forget Things...

...like finishing a painting once it has been painted. But with a glaze, a varnish, and a frame repaint, this one is done, done, done! Come drop by RLS to check it out, and this Friday night from 5-8pm will be opening night for our 15th anniversary show!!!

Tags: JB Boyd

Taking press photos...

...for an updated version of my life had me thinking about all the cool studio spaces I've had in 25 years of painting. Two of the coolest though have been with Robert Lange Studios. Thanks R&M! And feel free to drop by this one anytime from 11am-5pm. 2 Queen St. Charleston, SC 29401

 

I’m So Close...

...to finishing this painting. So I thought I would post five photos of it so you can see what six weeks of painting looks like. Scroll down to go back to the first layer of paint

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.

The New Painting...

...in its humble beginnings. Seven colors so far in this spare palette will make two feet by two feet of swirling water.  

The Latest Long Skinny...

...is completely done! Drop by RLS to see it anytime... ul 134 (this is it) 3x52" oil on panel 2018 $10,000

New Year...

...new paintings on the easel.