Lynn Boggess - Reflections of Summer 2015

LY N N B O G G E S S Reflections of Summer

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Lynn Boggess’ masterful use of line, palate and texture carry the viewer into his richly verdant and luscious landscapes, where these works were conceived.

Lynn Boggess presents an untouched vision of nature that transports the viewer to the reflective and pure environment in which his landscapes are created. By means of pleinair techniques and the use of cement trowels as brushes, an innovative approach to oil paint is realized, resulting in works that are simultaneously dynamic and soothing. These landscapes overwhelm the senses with lush and vivid scenes while also allowing room for meditation on the deeper relations between human life and the natural world.

Primarily working in oil, Boggess’ draws the viewer into the deeply receding spaces of his images. The pictures, devoid of human or animal habitation, focus on Nature, free of the influence of human activity. Boggess compels the viewer to contemplate each scene in turn, and finally the cycle of scenes: the lapse of hours; the alternating character of the rocks, of the trees and of the land; the turn of season. The paintings themselves become the spaces they portray.

Boggess’s paintings reflect the entire tradition of landscape painting. Indeed, the viewers will find suggestions of the Romantics, the Luminists, the Impressionists, and the Expressionists. Yet, the artist does not set out to make his works conform to a preconceived style; rather, he melds the tradition and his own experience into a way of seeing and a style in landscape painting which is uniquely his own.

The landscapes of Lynn Boggess give us a year-round walk in the woods. They provide us with a

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series of meditations on beauty; they give us an opportunity to consider the importance of Nature to our own experience. They also contain, in small subtle ways, much of the history of landscape painting. Because Boggess has chosen to paint Nature directly, and because he sees it as beautiful and endangered, he draws us into his political vision.

Excerpts taken from Marian J. Hollinger, Curator James David Brooks Memorial Gallery Fairmont State College

SELECTED COLLECTIONS + AWARDS West Virgina Governor’s Mansion, Charleston, WV SAS Institute, Cary, NC Eisai, Inc., Woodcliff Lake, NJ The Umstead, Cary, NC West Virginia Governor’s Lifetime Achievement Award, 2010 West Virginia Higher Education, Art Educator of the Year 2001 West Virginia Visual Artist of the Year, 1999 West Virginia Governor’s Award of Excellence in Painting, 1997

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26 March 2015 oil on canvas, 54 x 46

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22 April 2015 oil on canvas, 34 x 30

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25 April 2015 oil on canvas, 54 x 46

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01 May 2015 oil on canvas, 54 x 46

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02 June 2015 oil on canvas, 34 x 30

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01 June 2015 oil on canvas, 34 x 30

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15 June 2015 oil on canvas, 24 x 48

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02 May 2015 oil on canvas, 24 x 48

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06 March 2015 oil on canvas, 46 x 40

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12 May 2014 oil on canvas, 24 x 48

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16 May 2014 oil on canvas, 24 x 48

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09 March 2015 oil on canvas, 46 x 40

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22 March 2014 oil on canvas, 46 x 40

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25 March 2014 oil on canvas, 46 x 40

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28 February 2015 oil on canvas, 30 x 26

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08 September 2014, oil on canvas, 30 x 26 Copyright Š 2015 EVOKE Contemporary. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.