John Boyd, “Fish Head”, Oil on Board, 1957, 11×14 inches, Private’s Collection, Ireland

John Boyd was born in Carlisle, England in 1957 and studied painting in the Slade School of Art. He has resided in Ireland for the past 20 years and has exhibited internationally since the late 70s, most often in London, America and Ireland.

Boyd has developed a style uniquely his own, one that seems to hint at complex and unresolved narratives replete with a quiet but profound anguish. Although he has received relatively little critical attention, his distinctively mannered paintings have acquired a loyal following.

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