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Boyd Gavin
'In the Greenhouse Nursery', Gump's, San Francisco Bay Oil, Crocker Museum, UCSC

1986

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About the Item

Incised lower right, 'Gavin' for Boyd Gavin (American, 20th century) and dated 1986; additionally titled, verso, on old exhibition label, 'Painted Trunks'. Exhibited: Gump's Gallery, San Francisco, 1986 Framed dimensions: 34.25 H x 1.5 D x 25.75 W inches Boyd Gavin first attended the University of California at Santa Cruz before receiving his Masters from California State University at Sacramento (1990). He has exhibited widely and with success in the California Bay Area including at the Crocker Art Museum, John Natsoulas and Gump's Gallery, San Francisco, where this piece was exhibited. The artist's work is held in private and public collections including in the permanent collection of the Crocker Art Museum. The artist says of his work: "My work focuses primarily on still lifes and observations of suburban life, with occasional forays into figure painting. The paintings are worked up through direct study and bits of stored memory. All of it is contingent upon feeling. I want to draw the viewer close, in an almost conversational way. It’s not necessarily a common likeness that I seek, but the deeper, abstract complexity that lies behind appearances. As a painter, I take my cues from the discordant effects that emerge accidentally in the process of making. These shards help me to locate the space that I’m constructing. This strikes me as a very organic way of fleshing something out on canvas, and it also paves the way for expression to develop more intrinsically in the work. I compose with feeling as much as I do with color or line. In other words, the point is to work through feeling rather than towards it. As such, my work tends to be more about states of reflection than any specific narrative. My aim is to embody the spirit or ultimate reality of my chosen subject." *Courtesy of the artist's website Solo Exhibitions: 2015 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2013 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena CA 2010 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2008 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2007 Susan Street Fine Art Gallery, Solana Beach, CA 2006 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2004 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2003 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 2001 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 1999 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1998 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1996 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1994 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1992 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1991 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1987 Gump’s Gallery San Francisco, CA 1987 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1986 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1985 Gump’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1984 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1983 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1982 E.B. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA 1981 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1980 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1979 Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA 1976 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1975 E. B. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA Group Exhibitions: 2014 “This Land is Your Land … “, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA 2012 “Five Artists and a Model’, Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery 2011 “Birdhouses 2”, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College 2008 Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento, CA 2006 Susan Street Fine Arts Gallery, Solana Beach, CA 2000 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA 1999 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1996 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1995 Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1994 Thomas Babeor & Co., La Jolla, CA 1986 Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California Davis, CA 1986 Gump’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1984 Gump’s Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1981 San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
  • Creator:
    Boyd Gavin (American)
  • Creation Year:
    1986
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 33.25 in (84.46 cm)Width: 25 in (63.5 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    painting: minor restoration, minor marks, minor losses; frame: minor marks; shows well.
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU34412499632

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