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Richard Boyer began painting at an early age, showing his work while attending high school in
Williamsville, New York. Boyer then graduated from the University of Utah, where for five years he studied portrait and figurative painting under Alvin Gittins. Gittins' ability to render the figure so
accurately intrigues and influences Boyer to this day.
After earning his B.F.A. in 1981, Richard's wanderlust took him to Germany, where he studied languages at the
Universität Kiel. With Kiel as a home base, he traveled throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In 1984, he left Kiel for West Berlin, which provided a rich backdrop for experimentation in his
painting style. There he lived the bohemian life with other German artists, painting the harsh reality of a city trapped behind the iron curtain.
Richard currently divides his time between Salt Lake City and Sweden, the native home of his wife Karin. Be it along the
quiet waterways of Amsterdam and Brugge, or in the rolling hills of Provence, he continues to travel frequently through Europe, searching for new locations and intriguing matter for each new painting.
Richard's most recent recognition came from the December 2004 edition of American Artist, where he was featured on the cover and in an eight-page article. Arts
for the Parks honored Boyer with a purchase award in 2004 from the Grand Teton Natural History Association and the Marine Art Award in 2003. He received the Judge's Choice Award in both the 2000 and 2001
Competitions, and in the 1999 Arts for the Parks Competition, two of his paintings were among the top 100 selected. His work has been displayed in the "Oil Painters of America" show several
times and he was featured in the August 1999 Southwest Art as an "Artist to Watch". He has also won the "Art Times Award" from the Salmagundi Club in New York and the Stobart
Foundation Award at the Twenty-third Annual Mystic International. XE
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