John Boak

paint

Oil paint just feels good. It is in no hurry. Oil lingers. It remembers the moment. The daily changes of slow drying oil suggest new pathways while closing off others. Oil honors commitment and rewards us with depth of feeling.

digital

Bits are agile. Digital painting frees development of the idea. Layers, color shifts, undoing, brushes, smudges, erasers, layer interactions: all serve the speedy feedback loops of learning. I like low-friction image evolution. Can I surprise me?

process

My tools let me be a hunter gatherer of the daily image. I walk & I curate the world. My images are icons of the moment. Whispers of feeling. Lines with logic. Jewels of the earth. The now is quick. It makes digital seem slow and painting glacial. I am grateful for eyes, hands & tools.

 

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oil paintings

  • cab
    Cab
    Oil on panel | 48"x48" | 2014
  • York Street
    Oil on linen | 48" x 48" | 2016
  • West 46th Street #2
    West 46th Street #2
    Oil on panel | 48"x48" | 2016
  • shimokitazawa
    Shimokitazawa 下北沢
    oil on linen | 48" x 48" | 2018
  • 46the Street
    West 46th St.
    Oil on panel | 42"x60"| 2015

august | yellow

A selection of prints on aluminum

  • carisma
    Carisma
    aluminum print
  • kinnikinnick
    Kinnikinnik
    aluminum print
  • water leaf
    Water Leaf
    aluminum print
  • kansas
    Kansas 11916
    aluminum print
  • DIA Westin
    DIA Westin
    Aluminum Print | Etsy Boakart
  • Aspen Side 4044
    aluminum prints
  • forest lakes stream
    Forest Lake Stream
    aluminum print
  • roxborough january
    Roxborough January
    aluminumprints
  • gucci shinjuku tokyo
    Gucci Shinjuku
    aluminum print
  • Diamond Lake
    Diamond Lakeshore
    aluminum print
  • Galapago Chevy Truck
    Galapago Truck
    aluminum print
  • grass at mono lake
    Morning Mono Lake
    aluminum print
  • lake dorothy stream
    Stream Jewels
    aluminum prints
  • branch line
    Branch Line
    aluminum prints
  • snow and lichens
    Gold Hill
    aluminum print
  • tundra stream with sun spots
    Sun Stream
    aluminum prints
 

digital paintings

A selection of prints on aluminum

  • bristlecone 2133
    Bristlecone 2133
    aluminum print
  • old wood
    Old Wood
    aluminum prints
  • Grass Curl
    Grass Curl 3709
    aluminum prints
  • Ripples
    Ripples
    aluminum print
  • Bar Aspen
    Bar Aspen
    alumninum print
  • Bristlecone
    aluminum print
  • December 22
    December 22
    aluminum print
  • evegenia medvedeva
    Skater 1184
    aluminum prints
  • horyuji railing
    Horyuji Railing
    aluminum prints
  • one seven
    One Seven
    aluminum prints
  • Jaguar
    aluminum print
  • Hoodie
    Hoodie
    aluminum prints
  • Blue White
    Aluminum prints
  • ferrari
    Ferrari
    aluminum prints
  • Escalators 2
    aluminum prints
  • Roxborough
    Roxborough
    aluminum prints
  • Night Light
    Aluminum prints
  • cassini
    Cassini
    aluminum print
  • gra
    Grass Curls 1
    aluminum prints
  • todaiji bhudda
    Todaiji Bhudda
    aluminum prints
 

commissions

commissions & public art

  • cobank waterleaf grandgulch
    CoBank
    CoBank | Aluminum Prints
  • Maring Stairwell
    Stairwell Aluminum Prints
  • elmoro rest area colorado
    El Moro Rest Area, Colorado
    aluminum, bronze, steel, glass, slate glyphs in architecture
  • Yamoransa ICTC glyphs
    Yamoransa ICTC Library
    Acrylic mural
  • kenkey ladies and volunteers
    Yamoransa ICTC Home Ec
    acrylic mural
  • St. Joseph Hospital
    St. Joseph Hospital
    oil on panel
  • Lavoir
    Oil on Birch Ply, 47"x53"
  • Palace
    Palace
    Palace Oil on Birch Ply 47"x47" January 2010