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    -Roy Boswell is an american impressionist artist, who creates, teaches, and helps others bring their visions to life. He aims to decorate the man made environment with beauty, point out the truth, and create a place of reflection.  -      


   Born and raised in southeastern Indiana on a family farm.  At an early age he took interest in architecture and went on to study landscape architecture and design at Purdue University. While there, two professors had a profound impact on where he is today. Kent Schuette taught Roy perspective drawing and design theory, and Greg Pierceall taught graphic design and mentored. It wasn’t until after graduating that Roy took up fine art. Currently Roy practices in oil, acrylic, and gouache. He credits Donna Shortt with turning him from a line maker to a painter. He works primarily in plein air, but also works from field studies in the studio, still life, and pet portraiture. Roy does his best to paint everything he sees, from a beautiful view of the countryside down to a drainage ditch. He credits painting all manners of subject matter regardless of visual beauty to his continual learning of the different mediums. Subtle storytelling is a large part of his process, and is something Roy does his best to incorporate into every painting.
Picture
Photo courtesy of Troy Kilgore.
EDUCATION
Purdue University, West Lafayette IN
[B.S. Landscape architecture and design]                                                                                                                                                    2010

AWARDS
2019
First Brush of Fall: Top 5 Winner        
Carmel on Canvas: Award of Merit                                                                                                                                                                   
Hoosier Salon: Landscape Award                                                                                                                                                                      
Indiana Heritage Arts annual exhibit: Talbot Street Art Fair Merit Award                                                                           
First Brush of Spring: Award of Excellence                                                                                                                                                  
Will Vawter annual exhibit: Award of Merit                  
2018                                                                                                                         
Carmel on Canvas: Third Place                                                                                                                                                                             
First Brush of Fall: Best of Show                                                                                                                                                       
Artist Paint the Town: Second Place                                                                                                                                                        
Village scape plein air paintout: Second Place                                                                                                                          
Hoosier Salon annual exhibition: Third Place                                                                                                                                          
First Brush of Spring: Quick Draw and Award of Excellence
2017                                                                                                          
Carmel on Canvas: Third Place                                                                                                                                                                             
Indiana Heritage Arts annual exhibit: T.C. Steele Memorial Award                                                                                          
Will Vawter annual exhibit: First Place                                                  
2016                                                                                                    
Hoosier Salon Good Ole Summertime exhibition: 3rd place                                                                                                           
Indiana Heritage Arts annual exhibition: C Curry Bohm Memorial Award                                                                            
Hoosier Salon annual exhibit: Outstanding Oil Painting                                                                                                                
Augusta Plein Air 2016: Award of Merit                                                                                                                                                        
Will Vawter annual exhibit: Purchase Award                                                                                                                                          
Will Vawter annual exhibit: Best of Show      
2015                                                                                                                                        
Carmel on Canvas: City of Carmel Purchase Award                                                                                                                             
Carmel on Canvas: Best of Show                                                                                                                                                                      
Hoosier Salon annual exhibition: Landscape Award                                                                                                                           
HCAA plein air event: Third overall      
2014                                                                                                                                                     
Richmond Art Museum annual exhibition: Best of Show                                                                                                                  
Southern Indiana Center for the Arts paint out: Best of Show                                                                                                   
Hoosier Salon annual exhibition: Best Impressionist                                                                                                                           
HCAA plein air event: Second Overall                                                                                                                                                          
Indiana Heritage Arts annual exhibition: Award of Merit                                                                                                                 
First Brush of spring: Quick Draw and Third overall                                                                                                                    
2013
Richmond Art Museum annual exhibition: Best of Show                                                                                                                 
Richmond Art Museum Berry & Bonnie Johnston Museum Purchase Award                                                                  
HCAA plein air event: Award of Merit                                                                                                                                                            
Indiana heritage arts annual exhibit: Award of merit                                                                                                                          
First Brush of spring: Field to Finish and Award of Merit                                                                                                              
2012
HCAA plein air event: Best of show                                                                                                                                                               
Will Vawter annual exhibit: Best of show                                                                                                                                                   
Brown County Art Guild Patron exhibit:  Best of show                                                                                                                    
Hoosier Salon annual exhibit: Outstanding Pastel, Purchase award                                                                                         
Indiana Heritage Arts annual exhibit: Award of merit                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 
Artist Exhibits
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Seven Artist Exhibit
The Great North 
November 2019 

Twenty North Gallery, Greenfield IN                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                
National Exhibition
Landscape Today Exhibition                                                                                                                                                                                          September 2019
Harrison Center, Indianapolis, IN

Solo Exhibit
American Impressionist
June 2019

Cole Noble Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

Four Artist Exhibit
A Friends Exhibit                                                                                                                                                                                                              March 2019
The Art Association of Henry County
 
Solo Exhibit
Tilling New Fields                                                                                                                                                                                                        February 2019
Off Broadway Gallery, Greenwood IN
 
Two Artist Exhibit
Summer Stories                                                                                                                                                                                                           October 2018
John Waldron Arts Center Bloomington IN
 
Three Artist Exhibit
Warmer Days                                                                                                                                                                                                                  February 2016
Hoosier Salon Carmel
 
Three Artist Exhibit
Before they were big                                                                                                                                                                                               February 2014
Hoosier Salon Broad Ripple
 
Two Artist Exhibit
Mysterious Moods                                                                                                                                                                                                       October 2013
Art at the Mill, Madison IN

Two Artist Exhibit
An Easel’s journey                                                                                                                                                                                                        September 2013
John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington IN

Two Artist Exhibit
A week in August; 100 paintings                                                                                                                                                                       December 2012
John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington IN
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