Cover | Boyd Gavin
Bikes (oil on canvas) Boyd Gavin’s exquisitely playful paintings of simple objects like bicycles, marbles, flowers, and still lifes taken from casual interiors infuse art with everyday life and vice-versa. Known for his loose, confident style that effortlessly captures a scene, Gavin has explained: “I’m drawn to the quirky shorthand style of artists like Fairfield Porter or David Park who seems to invest even the homeliest of subjects with an offhand grandeur.” Other influences include Wayne Thiebaud, Greg Kondos, and Richard Diebenkorn—artists whose work similarly reflects a uniquely Californian brightness and ease. A longtime presence in the Northern California art scene, Gavin earned his bachelor’s degree from UC Santa Cruz and his master’s from CSU Sacramento. His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including at the San Jose Museum of Art, the Memorial Union Gallery at UC Davis, and the Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento. Courtesy of Caldwell Snyder Gallery, 341 Sutter St., San Francisco, 415-392-2299, and 1328 Main St., St. Helena, 707-200-5050. www.CaldwellSnyder.com.
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Through April 27, The Monthly is accepting personal essays (nonfiction, first-person prose) of up to 900 words for possible publication in our summer literary issue. The theme:
This left me speechless
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