Paint The Scene: New Music Video

Sean Boyce, The Dean of The Boston Art School of Hard Knocks releases a music video to enlighten us about the connection between music and visual art click here for "Paint The Scene"

Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series

I've got a piece in the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series!

This 19 figure live portrait was done completely on site at Bar Lola in two and a half hours!!

Sean Boyce Studios.com for more amazingness.

Study for North End

Another painting sold out of   Sean Boyce Studios   before I could post it online.

Oil on canvas, 9" x 12", 2011

Lechmere Train with Donuts

As I toil away here at           Sean Boyce Studios 

one of my many pictorial themes I develop is the continuation of the expression of the grandeur, romance, and adventure of the American locomotive.

And - hey - in this one I also was able to incorporate some of my favorite things: Donuts!

Oil on canvas, 9" x 12", 2011, $350.00

 

Nail Salon with Girl with ipad

Oil on canvas, 48" x 72" 2011, sold.    Sean Boyce Studios.com

I get so greedy for imagery when I paint Boston scenes that I'm tending to zoom back further and further in order to see more. With this piece I decided to buck that trend and zoom in to find that there is always plenty to look at no matter how far you pull back or how close you push in.

Contaminated by Adam J. O'Day

Sean Boyce Studios is proud to have the works of Adam J. O'day included in the upcoming exhibit entitled "Boston Breakthrough" featuring five local painters.

An avid art patron named Stephanie noted brilliantly the other day upon viewing it,

"It's like Berlin Wall graffiti meets Boston on a rainy night"

"Contaminated" by Adam J. O'Day

Mixed Media on canvas, 24" x 36", 2011

Newbury Summer Shadows

Oil on canvas, 11" x 14", 2011.

This one sold before I could even post it online.

Painted en plein aire in front of my Boston Studio

Got in a Magazine

So my last post featured this pic of Carolyn photographing myself and Mr. Steven James Taylor for Christian Science Monitor Magazine.

Our picture made it into the magazine and Iron Phoenix Studio made it into the online gallery.

Terrific Tuesdays

Hi Art World!

Myself and Steven James Taylor have taken it upon ourselves to support the well storied Provincetown Art Scene by ascending to the region every Tuesday for this wonderful summer of 2011 and painting on Commercial Street in Proximity to the newest art institution / phenomenon to augment the prominence of said art scene: Iron Phonix Studio at 398 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657.

Here is a visual key as Steven is photographed and interviewed by the ethereally charming Carolyn for The Christian Science Monitor's upcoming article about - you guessed it THE PROVINCETOWN ART SCENE!

Sean Boyce Studios

"Like A Mongoose" The Premiere Webisode of The Cape Cod Painters in Times Square as chronicled by Tim Goulet

The Donut Maker (Boston) Oil on canvas, 18" x 24"

Here's a link to a cool painting of mine that I'm submitting for consideration to be shown at a cool venue in New York City called Niagra.

The Donut Maker

Click on the above link to see the picture and a small history of its inspiration and making.

Spinnaker Records

Here's a dissertation about my painting of main street Falmouth and the record store that is no more called Spinnaker Records
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mxbh3O3I3s

Arbitrary Realism

In this clip taken at my recent art reception I talk a bit about my style: Arbitrary Realism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0648vFzz0c

The Ptown Project

Sean Boyce Studios is proud to announce "The Ptown Project". In an effort to promote Provincetown's newest player; art gallery The Iron Phoenix which debuts on Commercial Street this the upcoming 2011 summer season, Steven James Taylor and Sean Boyce are going to take time out of their busy schedules to paint on the premises of said gallery every Wednesday from now until labor day rain or shine. The artists are looking forward to being up in the action in America's first art colony, recording all the fun on canvas, and causing general artistic phenomena.

Don't feel left out if you can't make it to Ptown every Wednesday (although I do suggest you try) because I'm going to produce a primitive video blog of the situation starting on June 22.

Steve and I came up with this idea today while we painted in the wind at the boardwalk in Sandwich today. The cloud formations were quite enthralling and we got that for posterity (pics soon!)

The Valhalla, oil on canvas, 15" x 16", 2011

Ahhh.... Southie in the morning, gotta love it. The clang of the bouys, the caw of the seagulls, the fresh Atlantic air just whipping all your troubles down to Cape Cod. Got a picture of it.

For more on the painting click here (then scroll down - sorry about all the work but I like links.)

M.I.T. in Springtime, oil on linen, 2011, 30" x 48"

Congrats all you college Grads!! Thanks for looking at Sean Boyce Art all year posted up in the cities and towns of Metro Boston while you were busy trying to study - I hope my dazzling representational color fields of love didn't distract you too much (not).

Anyway, in my quest to paint a picture of every square inch of Boston before I die I probably got your school into at least one painting so far.

Here's a painting that definitely got a "piece" of The Massachusetts Institute of Technology - get this image into your devices pronto - (and come see it in person in a brick and mortar studio - limited time!!)

Click here for  more about the painting.

The Four Corners at Night

Oil on canvas, 24" x 36", 2011

This piece will be on display at Gallery 333 which is at 333 Old Main Road, North Falmouth, MA 02556 from June 8 - 19, 2011. a reception will be held Saturday June 11, 2011 from 4-7.
It will be a group show with myself (Sean Boyce) and well known Cape Cod Artist Betty Carroll Fuller

"The Corner Snack Bar"

Oil on canvas, 18" x 24", 2011 I've done three paintings of the inside of this diner. For some reason I love to paint restaurants and bars. This piece could conceivably go in my "Boston Bars" series which I'm planning to exhibit internationally in 2013.

The Four Corners

This piece will be on display at my show at Gallery 333 in North Falmouth in June 8  - 19, a reception will be held Saturday June 11, 2011 from four to seven.

The piece is part of a series of North Falmouth Paintings that will be on exhibit at the show.

Summertime on Cape Cod

Hey Boston (and the world)!
If you get to Cape Cod early, then you can get there often!!
Art show in beautiful North Falmouth reception June 11, 4-7 pm.

About this collection: An exhibit of paintings painted and concerning Sean's home town of Falmouth, and it's surrounding watershed of Buzzard's Bay. The exhibit will be held at the venerable Cape Cod Art Institution known as Gallery 333 333 Old Main Road North Falmouth, MA 02556 508-564-4467 artgallery333@aol.com  Opening Wednesday, June 8, 2011, Gallery 333 will feature two prominent Cape artists: Betty Carroll Fuller and Sean Boyce.  A reception will be held on Saturday, June 11 from 4 to 7 PM. This exhibition will continue through Sunday, June 19. Additional information to follow.

Newbury Afternoon Shadows with Victoria Munroe Fine Arts

I started a tumblr blog at the urging of my son, but since Adam O'Day and Steven James Taylor both use blogger I want to keep a presence here.
This piece can be found also at this link on my website.
Oil on canvas, 24" x 36", 2011, Painted entirely en plein aire on Newbury Street in eight or ten sessions, this piece developed slowly and interestingly, constantly informed by the street (and it's inhabitants) in a very improvisational way.
I gave a link to Victoria Munroe Fine Art (and a shout out in my painting title) because I met her at one of her functions and she is a really cool person.

Boston Public Library with Cop Car and Balloon

Oil on canvas, 2011, 24" x 36".

After just perusing Adam J. O'Day's blog again I feel as though my titles are entirely too objective - however - too lazy to try to think of a better one right now.

You can read a bit more about this painting at Sean Boyce Studios

Peanut Butter in Boston

I'm taking this painting off the market temporarily to enter it into a competition at The Copley Society of Art .


The deadline for artists to enter is April 20, 2011.

George Nick is the juror and he is a wonderful painter.

The theme of the competition is contemporary still life.

New England Clam Chowder

Oil on panel - 12" x 12", 2011 I'm gonna enter this one into the juried still life exhibit at The Copley Society in Boston (entry deadline April 15)!

The Art of Poetry Exhibition

at Cataumet Arts Center 76 Scraggy Neck road, Cataumet Village, Bourne, MA 02534-0240
(508) 563-5434.

Live Poetry Reading w/ Bob Zappacosta & Opening Reception Sat. April 2, 2-4 pm.

I based my painting on Rob's poem: Talking Sylvia

         There was no
         contrast between the skyline
        and the vertical steel bars
        that lined the Bourne Bridge.

        The day was gray -
        and a melancholy mist
        hung over
        the Cape Cod Canal

Now it takes a bit of talent to pour
a shot of Bushmills into one's coffee while driving around one of those
New England rotaries.  Jack - was a pro at it.
He also was a pretty good painter when he had to be
and this was one of those times he
damn well had to be. The "check guage" light came on.  Jack new he would
have to stop if he was going to make it to Wellesley and

get that contract. So he said his goodbyes to
Alexander Hamilton at the Shell station and drove
the rest of the way alone, sadly, without the company
of anyone famous enough to get
themselves into print. Wellesley, he mused to himself, isn't that
where Plath used to live?
Little did Jack know he would soon be painting

         a seven room house
         only three streets over
         from 26 Elmwood Road.,
         the place where she
         first tried to commit

         suicide.

    

Lauren's Nails (164 Newbury)

My Charles Street picture DID sell before I could even post it online so did this, my picture of the building next door to Sean Boyce Studios. 


Speaking of Newbury Street, I'm in the throes of upgrading my studio to the front space of the building so I'll have a nicer spot to work and for people to come see my work.

Here's the new pic (sold)

Charels Street - Studio Upgrade

Oil on canvas, 18" x 24", 2011.

Sorry about the blurry picture - I'll re - shoot soon. This is another painting which (I'm pretty sure) has sold before I've even gotten a chance to properly photograph or post it online.

Good news! I've been moving from the back studio into the front for a few days now over at 162 Newbury Street.

I hope everyone (including myself) loves the new and improved space!

Hereford and Commonwealth

This piece will make it's boloco debut on Monday March 28, 2011 at

bolocoChildren’s Hospital

283 Longwood Ave Boston,

MA 02115 617-232-2166

It features my version of the Burrage Mansion as well as some Bostonians, and other cool features.

This piece was painted en plein aire with local Virtual Realist Brian Harkins as part of a collaborative project which will continue the immersion of Sean Boyce art into cyberspace. (It of course begins with Biff The Cyberpunk).

"Megansett Beach with Osprey and Blue Crab"

This piece will be on display at Gallery 333 in North Falmouth this summer June 8-21, 2011, along with a bunch of other brand new local (Buzzards Bay Watershed) scenes by myself.

The show will also feature legendary Cape Cod Painter Betty Carroll Fuller who I consider myself very lucky to run into sometimes in North Falmouth during serendipitous morning jogging meetings. She has so much wisdom and passion to share about art, and she certainly does so with her art as well.

This one is Oil on Canvas, 36" x 48", 2011. Go to http://seanboyceart.com for more fun

Another wild week on Newbury Street

Gettin' color on Newbury Street. I've been getting ready to move into the front facing studio over at 162 Newbury. I've got about eight paintings going all the time, I've sent out my press release for the world premiere of Ryan SanAngelo's and my upcoming children's book, Bye Bye Balloon, I'm getting ready for the reception where I'll place all the illustrations around the room with the text, so you can walk around the room reading and looking. You'll basically be inside the book. I've been painting around town with Marc Morin also. I've got two going in the new "Concept and Reaction" series with him, one in Back Bay and one in The North End.

"Public Alley 439"

Here's to transmigrating ordinary places to higer levels.

This piece was inspired (like all art) by many things. From the urban settings in my Batman and Spiderman comics which I thrived on as a child (still do), on up to the physical city that I work and live in. When I create the larger image from this study I might name it Back Bay, 12:01 am in tribute to an awesome painting I've seen by contemporary Boston Painter Sean Flood.

Thank you for reading this post from http://seanboycestudios.com/

Public Alley 439

Oil on canvas, 11" x 14", 2011, $1,100.00
This piece was inspired (like all art) by many things. From the urban settings in my Batman and Spiderman comics which I thrived on as a child (still do), on up to the physical city that I work and live in. When I create the larger image from this study I might name it Back Bay, 12:01 am in tribute to an awesome painting I've seen by contemporary Boston Painter
Sean Flood.

"Mass Ave & Boylston"

Oil on canvas, 24" x 36", 2011

This painting has everything (just like the corner of Mass Ave & Boylston), Sex, drugs, rock and roll, drama, food, romance, degradation, skateboarding, motorcycles, industry. Yup, that's everything.

Check out more action at www.seanboycestudios.com

Press Clippings

Here are a smattering of the press articles I've had printed about me during my fourteen year carreer as a professional painter.

PRESS CLIPPINGS

Here is an old Boston painting that I've painted over - wait till you see what's on top of it!

Forward it floated toward the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor

Here is page three in the ongoing online sneak peak of the upcoming children's book 

Bye Bye Balloon.

Ecommerce aspect launch

I've just enabled 19 of the paintings on my website to be purchased over the internet.

All of the paintings in the Sean Boyce Studios portfolio on my website now are available with the click of a mouse.

They are also all available for viewing / purchase at my Newbury Street Studio.

This is an old painting which sold years ago entitled "Tremont Rainy Day"

Suddenly, without a sound, a blue balloon slipped free

and flew into the sky.

Here's the second page of the online preview of the new children's book "Bye Bye Balloon"

Come to the world premiere and book signing at Sean Boyce Studios in May

Online Preview

RSVP

One summer sunday a cluster of balloons bobbed,

waiting to be sold at a carnival.

Here's the first page of the online preview of the new children's book "Bye Bye Balloon"

Come to the world premiere and book signing at Sean Boyce Studios in May

Online Preview

RSVP

Bye Bye Balloon Reception and Book Signing

 Boston, Massachusetts, May 7, 2011, Saturday 2-4pm

The World Premiere and Book Signing for the New Children’s Book

Bye Bye Balloon     click here to RSVP

A chronicle of the adventures of a courageous escaped balloon as it travels around the world.

Written by New England Author, Ryan SanAngelo

Illustrated by Boston Artist, Sean Boyce 

The author and illustrator will be present to sign books at the reception. 

The reception will also exhibit the full catalogue of 22 original oil paintings on panel that were used to illustrate the book. The pieces will be arranged on the wall chronologically with the text of the book.

Each line of the bold narrative is paired with a picture of almost hallucinatory color, imbuing the story with a magic sentiment that will enchant readers young and old.

The event and exhibit take place at:

 162 Newbury Street, 4^th Floor

Boston, MA 02116

(508) 524-2894

sean@seanboycestudios.com

www.seanboycestudios.com

Open Studio Hours:

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 12:00 – 5:30, Sunday, 12:00 – 5:00 

Reception and Book Signing:

Saturday, May 7^th, 2011, 2-4pm, refreshments will be served.

Exhibit, May 7^th – June 21, 2011

The venue is not handicapped accessible.

Apollonian - Dionysian

Sean's Art Reception

This was taken at a party a little while back.

Fisherman With Black Waders

Here is a painting, acrylic and oil on canvas, 24" x 36", that I started in 2001 and have just re worked today, causing it to be a painting that's been ten years in the making.

People often ask me "how long did it take you to do that?"

The answer is very difficult to ascertain for many reasons.

One reason is that (and I think many artists will concurr) when you begin to paint; time melts away, becomes irrelevant, or just plain stops.

Another is that it's hard to guage how much time you've spent on a piece if you are working on multiple projects simultaneously, and hop from on to another in a frenzy of production.

Studio Action Shots

Thanks to Veronica; Painter, Photographer, and oh yea, Doctor, who stopped by Sean Boyce Studios yesterday & took this action shot of me at work. I had to make sure my shirt matched my palette before we got the photo session started.

"Fisherman with Orange Waders"

I've entered this painting into the members' juried show at the PAAM in Provincetown. I took a risk as it's a bit of a strange piece in a number of ways. I'll find out tomorrow if it gets in or not. When I rolled up into Ptown yesterday it was a ghost town as I expected (February 23, 2011), except when I entered The PAAM. There were about 20 artists milling about, dropping off paintings, filling out forms, arguing with staff and volunteers. There were over one hundred paintings lined up around the walls. It is quite a testament to the power of The PAAM that they summon this many artists in the dead of winter. I saw many New York license plates (well 2 or 3, but still, February). So it will be quite competitive as always up there at the edge of the world.

For more info on the painting go to my newly revamped (and still under construction) website.

"Fisherman with Orange Waders"

"Falmouth Main Street"

Strolling down main street in Falmouth on a gorgeous day, not too shabby.

Oil on Canvas, 24" x 36", 2011, to be exhibited at "Boyce's Buzzards Bay" at Gallery 333 in North Falmouth June 9-19.

See a bit more info on this piece at seanboycestudios.com

"Wild Harbor General Store"

They say "write what you know". Well I paint what I know: Boston and Cape Cod (I gotta get out more).

This piece will be in the upcoming exhibit on Cape Cod at Gallery 333 in North Falmouth.

Oil on canvas, 18" x 24", 2011

There's a bit more text to accompany the piece at seanboycestudios.com

Public Garden with Bridge and Both Hancocks

Oil on canvas, 11" x 14", 2010, $910.00

I started this piece in early fall before it got too cold, although this particular day was colder than it should have been, and windy. So I set up in the park on a little spit of land jutting out into the lagoon with this exciting view before me. I was happy to be trying to capture so many cool Boston elements like, the suspension bridge, lagoon, and the iconic buildings in the background. As usual, I had a heck of a time getting the composition to gel properly, with much revision and re - starting in the drawing phase on the canvas which I usually do with thinned out burnt sienna. Once I finally had blocked in the drawing where I wanted it I was so cold that when I hammered in the color, the impetus to get feeling back into my fingers really helped put some "energy" into the handling of the paint.

Installation of "Roxbury in Autumn"

Sam, Sarah, Bruce, Jason, Earl, and myself underwent the precarious job of hanging one of my most important paintings to date in one of my most important venues today.

"Roxbury in Autumn" total framed size: 58" x 74", approximate weight, 50 pounds was hung on a wall about 15 feet above a thirty step staircase at the new boloco opening on Copley Square tomorrow, Feburary 3, 2011.

Sam, Sarah and I held the ladder while Bruce who is over seven feet tall weighing close to 300 pounds hung the piece handed him by Jason and Earl.

If the ladder had collapsed or slipped, all four of us could have been hurt pretty bad.

I can't thank these people enough for risking thier own life and limb to help get this project done.

Bye Bye Balloon

I've been putting in sixteen hour days in the studio for a week now. I'm putting the finishing touches on "Bye Bye Balloon", the childrens book written by Ryan SanAngelo. It chronicles the adventures of a balloon who excapes from the cluster and travels around the world.
It's been an amazing experience to illustrate the book. I've challenged myself in so many ways during the process. One such challenge has been painting animals. In the course of this story I've painted; an orca, bulls, geese, a camel, kowala bears,and kangaroos.
It's also gotten me outside of my usual New England landscapes to faraway places of interest such as London, Paris, Hollywood, and even Toronto (to name a few).
I'm in the process now of organizing a book signing / art reception with all of the original illustrations exhibited. Look for that to happen in Early May, stay tuned for specifics.

January 26, 2011

So my first born son Cole turns 21 tomorrow. I'm in Boston working at the studio on an experimental batch of 10 stretched canvas glicee prints for boloco of reproductions of some of my paintings. I'm finishing up the commission for the children's book I'm illustrating called "Bye Bye Balloon", I'm going to have at two or three shows at different galleries on Cape Cod this summer; Gallery 333 in North Falmouth, The Cataumet Arts Center

"Roxbury in Autumn"

Oil on canvas, 2010, 56" x 72", owned by boloco

Click on image to enlarge.

This is one of my most important painting to date. I hope to one day be able to express what the piece means to me in words. For now all my energy has gone into the creation of the visual part. I have written a preliminary summary which I included on my website. Here it is:

This painting has been over twenty years in the making. By that I mean when I was working in a parking lot on Huntington Avenue in 1988 with a young gentleman from Roxbury named Mike Murphy I started to want to paint Dudley Square. You see I always want to go places I'm not supposed to go and do things I'm not supposed to do. Mike always said         "Believe me, you shouldn't go to Dudley Square". Boston is a great city and I don't want there to be any parts of it to which one shouldn't go. Of course I took his advice and never went there.... until last September (2009). I came one weekday morning with my paintbox looking for a good vantage to immortalize on canvas. I felt very welcome and safe just like I do in most places I've ever been to in Boston and had a great experience painting (literally) in the middle of Dudley Square. I set up on the pedestrian island between the Warren Street Splits and the westbound Dudley Street. There was a slight affect on traffic as people at the light next to me were watching me work instead of going when the signal turned green.

"Commonwealth Avenue & Hereford"

This piece was painted en plein aire with local Virtual Realist Brian Harkins as part of a collaborative project which will continue the immersion of Sean Boyce art into cyberspace. (It of course begins with Biff The Cyberpunk).

2011 is gonna be great!!

The New Year is starting out well over at Sean Boyce Studios, 162 Newbury Street!!

January first I hit the ground running with a nice sale. We now have yet another happy Bostonian who is the proud owner of a Sean Boyce Original.

"Newbury in Springtime with Furled Flag", 18" x 24", oil on canvas, 2010 is now no longer counted among my inventory.