Hampton BoyerWielding Instinct

Recent paintings by the self-taught Virginia artist, moving between landscape and abstraction in bright color.

Boyer, who grew up in Hampton Roads, has moved from anthropomorphic and figurative imagery toward abstraction led by intuition. The new paintings, in acrylic, polymer and wax pastel, draw on African folklore, music and his experience of fatherhood.

Even the most abstract canvases keep a sense of landscape, and the palette shifts between saturated color fields and cooler, quieter tones.

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