Pierce Boshelly is an American painter and sculptor (1961–present). He also is a composer of solo piano music and piano trios. Boshellyportrait2017

After his formal education in

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, he returned to his early interest in

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and soon began drawing and painting. Shortly thereafter, he started carving marble at several marble studios in Italy (see Studio Sem, marble studio stagetti). He also worked at the Belfiore Foundry in

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. In 1999, he started exhibiting paintings at local grocery stores in

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. By 2004, he was exhibiting both painting and sculpture in

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and

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. He now has a studio in

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Painting

Boshelly has several distinctive painting styles: Fractured

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, Curvilinear Expressionism, and

Expressionism Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

. His Fractured Realism pieces usually contain the face of a person painted realistically, but the body is composed of simple loops (curvilinear expressionism) or straight line segments. File:Womanwithhair.jpg, Fractured Realism File:Boshellypainting-twotrianglesandellipse.jpg, "Two triangles and an ellipse". oil on canvas File:Boshellypainting-seeingthelight.jpg, "Seeing the Light", oil on canvas File:intercourseI.jpg, Curvilinear expressionism File:Boshellypainting-womanarmsout.jpg, "Woman with arms Out", oil on canvas File:Boshellypainting-sittingintherisingsun.jpg, "Sitting in the Rising Sun", oil on canvas Curvilinear Expressionism contains figures made from smooth curves that form loops. At first glance, the loops look random, but on closer inspection, the figures are discernible.

Sculpture

Boshelly has several distinctive sculpture styles: Flat

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Expressionist Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

, and Curvilinear Expressionist. The flat minimalist style is usually done in marble or plaster and portrays one figure in a simple pose. The features of the figure are very subtle and are usually made of smooth curves. Like the Curvilinear Expressionist painting, the Curvilinear Expressionist sculpture consists of smooth curves that form random-like patterns. These are usually made from steel. The Expressionist sculptures range in style from works reminiscent of

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s, to more individualistic pieces which look like stones piled on top of each other, to figures in a spiral shape. File:Downonknees.jpg, Flat Minimalist File:Boshellysculpture-holdingarmsII.jpg, "Holding in Arms II", Carrara Statuario Marble File:Balancedcopy.jpg, Expressionist File:Boshellysculpture-manofpapyrus.jpg, "Man of Papyrus", Papyrus File:Boshellysculpture-holding on.jpg, "Holding On", Bronze

Music

Boshelly published his first piano compositions in 2012 as background music for a slideshow of his artwork "Pierce Boshelly Collected Works". His solo piano pieces can be described as jazz infused classical of the romantic or impressionistic period. In 2017, he published his first Trio, a short piece called "Pierce Boshelly Piece No. 52(Trio)" with bassist Nat Smith and vocalist Caroline Smith.

References

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