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.

Getting Closer...

...to finishing this painting.

Spending Thanksgiving in Illinois...

...gave me the opportunity to study shapes that are definitely not native to the Lowcountry. 

Who knows? There might be a painting somewhere here...

The Second Layer...

...of paint is going down, which means brighter mid-tones will lighten the sky and hopefully make it much deeper.

Sanding down...

...the first layer of paint to get ready for the next. -jb.