Nelson Boren

b. 1952

Nelson Boren

BORN IN

Tempe, Arizona

KNOWN FOR

Realist cowboy figure painting

Working from a studio in Sandpoint, Idaho, Nelson Boren creates highly realistic, textured western figure paintings. To achieve this effect, he uses wire bristle brushes, razor blades, a carpet layer’s tool, and other implements he has devised to make texture.

He poses subjects from nearby farms and ranches, photographs them, and paints in watercolor from the photographs, wetting the paper and allowing wrinkles to catch paint in the depressions.

Born in Arizona, he was a cum laude graduate in Architecture in 1978 from Arizona State University, and then had a career as an award winning architect in Mesa, Arizona. In 1990, he became a full time fine artist and moved to Idaho.

Sold At Lone Star Art Auction

Nelson Boren – Red Scarf, Back Pocket
Nelson Boren
(b. 1952)

Red Scarf, Back Pocket

watercolor on paper
13.5 x 10.5 inches
Sold for: $875
Nelson Boren – Cowboy and Cowgirl
Nelson Boren
(b. 1952)

Cowboy and Cowgirl

watercolor on paper
19 x 39 inches
Sold for: $3,900
Nelson Boren – Hat, Boots and Spurs
Nelson Boren
(b. 1952)

Hat, Boots and Spurs

watercolor on paper
41.5 x 61.25 inches
Sold for: $1,320
Nelson Boren – 4th of July in Papalote
Nelson Boren
(b. 1952)

4th of July in Papalote

, 1993
watercolor on paper
48.25 x 40.75 inches
Sold for: $1,080
Nelson Boren – Spur
Nelson Boren
(b. 1952)

Spur

watercolor on paper
33.5 x 81.5 inches
Sold for: $720