Oil on cardboard | 9" x 10"
Quick oil study (after Toulouse-Lautrec) on unsized cardboard, meaning directly applied without gesso over the board to protect from the oils, so this painting will completely disintegrate in a few months.
Oil on canvas | 16" x 20"
Self-portrait inspired by Picasso's own from the Blue Period (click to view). This is a bad photo, but nevertheless generally depicts my state during winter in New York.
Acrylic on canvas | 48" x 48"
Final project. Abstract brushstroke over a semi-figurative scene, outlined in parts with black pen and brush.
Oil on cardboard | 8" x 14"
Portrait of Jeff Lee on cardboard sized with green acrylic. Fortunately this one will not disintegrate like the last cardboard piece, and will last many years in Jeff's greasy hands. Just kidding, about the hands.
Oil on canvas | 11" x 14"
Evan posed for this quick portrait while I tried to show him the oil technique that I use. The background proved to be somewhat of an issue, though, finally settling on rubbed-down sienna.
Oil on canvas baord | 9" x 12"
Portrait of my friend Jake, based on several photos with combined features, on orange acrylic underlayer. White spots are from camera failure.
© Slavik Boyechko - 2004
Art in order from Old to New
Acrylic on canvas | 48 x 48 inches
First project on self made stretcher. Gestural Black & White with emphasis on figure/ground flexibility.
Acrylic on canvas | 48" x 48"
Second project. Geometrical Black & White with emphasis on method and visual effect (over content).
Acrylic on canvas | 48" x 48"
Third project. Enlargement of very small color image to large B&W painting.
Woodcut ink print on rice paper | 10" x 15"
Woodcut images were never prepared before class, and were usually cut and printed in one session.
Woodcut ink print on rice paper | 10" x 15"
Finer detailing on wood this time.
Woodcut | 9" x 14"
Photo of the wood itself, before printing.
Woodcut ink print on rice paper | 10" x 15"
Finest detailing thus far. Imagery in the style of late Norwegian artists.
Woodcut | 10" x 15"
Also straight wood shot. Decided to try a dyptich series.
Woodcut ink print on rice paper | 10" x 15"
Second in the series.
Oil on canvas board | 12" x 16"
First project: to select a natural phenomenon and express it (I selected Fire).
Oil/Acrylic on canvas board | 22" x 30"
Study in Seurat's Pointellist methods. Still-life with complementary and split-complementary colors.
Oil on canvas | 16" x 20"
Nude study from behind.
Oil on canvas | 10" x 14"
Nude male study. My professor commented on the Iconic (Christian) similarity, except with a pose and coloring that is humorously un-Deity like. Sorry Jesus.
Oil on canvas | 10" x 14"
Nude male study in abstracton, with emphasis on texture.
Oil on canvas | 10" x 14"
Same model as above. Additional Iconography (perhaps this is a deeply embedded issue I need to work on?).
Oil on canvas | 10" x 14"
Nude female study in abstraction.
Oil on canvas | 18" x 24"
First ever attempt at oils (Summer '03). Copy of a Degas painting.
Oil on canvas paper | 12" x 16"
Second attempt at oils in January '03, with $2 set from Copenhagen. Proved very difficult to control on gloss paper, yet subsequent distortion turned quite interesting.
Charcoal on paper | 18" x 24"
Portrait of girl in Corvallis - study with three tones.
Oil on canvas | 16" x 20"
Portrait of a girl that visited our apartment in NY.
Pastel on paper | 22" x 30"
First in series of figures taken from films.
Oil on canvas | 10 x 14"
Second in series.
Acrylic on paper | 20" x 34"
Ancient painting (first ever, I swear), my sad attempt at abstracts got me published in a college literary magazine. Threw it in here just for good measure.
