Pierce Boshelly

Pierce Boshelly is an American painter and sculptor (1961–present). He also is a composer of solo piano music and piano trios.

After his formal education in physics, he returned to his early interest in photography and soon began drawing and painting. Shortly thereafter, he started carving marble at several marble studios in Italy (see Studio Sem, marble studio stagetti). He also worked at the Belfiore Foundry in Pietrasanta. In 1999, he started exhibiting paintings at local grocery stores in Carrboro, North Carolina. By 2004, he was exhibiting both painting and sculpture in New York City, Italy and North Carolina. He now has a studio in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Painting Boshelly has several distinctive painting styles: Fractured Realism, Curvilinear Expressionism, and Expressionism. His Fractured Realism pieces usually contain the face of a person painted realistically, but the body is composed of simple loops (curvilinear expressionism) or straight line segments.

Curvilinear Expressionism contains figures made from smooth curves that form loops. At first glance, the loops look random, but on closer inspection, the figures are discernible.

Sculpture Boshelly has several distinctive sculpture styles: Flat Minimalist, Expressionist, and Curvilinear Expressionist.