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Nelson Boren PUBLICATIONS
Born 1952 Tempe, Arizona. Known for: Realist cowboy figure painting.
Working from a studio in Sandpoint, Idaho, Nelson Boren creates highly realistic, textured western figure paintings. To achieve this effect, he uses wire bristle brushes, razor blades, a carpet... Read full biography
Working from a studio in Sandpoint, Idaho, Nelson Boren creates highly realistic, textured western figure paintings. To achieve this effect, he uses wire bristle brushes, razor blades, a carpet layer's tool, and other implements he has devised to make texture. He poses subjects from nearby farms... Read full biography
Working from a studio in Sandpoint, Idaho, Nelson Boren creates highly realistic, textured western figure paintings. To achieve this effect, he uses wire bristle brushes, razor blades, a carpet layer's tool, and other implements he has devised to make texture. He poses subjects from nearby farms and ranches, photographs them, and paints in watercolor from the photographs, wetting the paper and allowing wrinkles to catch paint in the depressions. Born in Arizona, he was a cum laude graduate in... Read full biography
Working from a studio in Sandpoint, Idaho, Nelson Boren creates highly realistic, textured western figure paintings. To achieve this effect, he uses wire bristle brushes, razor blades, a carpet layer's tool, and other implements he has devised to make texture. He poses subjects from nearby farms and ranches, photographs them, and paints in watercolor from the photographs, wetting the paper and allowing wrinkles to catch paint in the depressions. Born in Arizona, he was a cum laude graduate in Architecture in 1978 from Arizona State University, and then had a career as an award winning architect in Mesa, Arizona. In 1990, he became a full time fine artist and moved to Idaho. Source: . Southwest Art... Read full biography
Working from a studio in Sandpoint, Idaho, Nelson Boren creates highly realistic, textured western figure paintings. To achieve this effect, he uses wire bristle brushes, razor blades, a carpet layer's tool, and other implements he has devised to make texture. He poses subjects from nearby farms and ranches, photographs them, and paints in watercolor from the photographs, wetting the paper and allowing wrinkles to catch paint in the depressions. Born in Arizona, he was a cum laude graduate in Architecture in 1978 from Arizona State University, and then had a career as an award winning architect in Mesa, Arizona. In 1990, he became a full time fine artist and moved to Idaho. Source: . Southwest Art... Read full biography
Nelson Boren - Artist Info
About Nelson Boren: Books
Books & Publications (6)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition
2001Editors, Art of the West88 pages (color)A Brush With Reality: Detailing the West in Contemporary Art Desert Caballeros Western Museum
1998
(Exhibition catalog)McGarry, Susan Hallsten58 pages (color)Leading the West One Hundred Contemporary Painters & Sculptors
1997Hagerty, Donald J213 pages (color)Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997Southwest Art128 pagesThe Red Book Western American Price Index
1993Southwest Art126 pages