Jack Boul: Land, City, Home
August 30, 2025 – March 7, 2026 | Atwell Gallery
Jack Boul (1927–2024) was a painter, printmaker, and sculptor whose work captured the quiet rhythms of life in urban, agrarian, and domestic landscapes. Born in Brooklyn, he spent much of his career in Washington, D.C., where his urban landscapes took on the form of architectural portraits, focusing on the relationships formed within the built environment. His works often explore the stillness and structure of city streets, facades, and rooftops, where the presence of people is implied by the spaces they inhabit, but rarely depicted.
Boul’s pastoral and cultivated landscapes, in contrast, focus on the land itself—fields, farmsteads, and livestock rendered with a quiet, tender sensitivity to the natural world.
In his domestic interiors, Boul turns his attention to intimate, contemplative spaces. Figures resting, reading, or simply being at home evoke a quiet, emotional resonance that connects viewers to the landscapes of everyday life.
This exhibition also highlights Boul’s connection to Camp Catawba in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, where he first encountered the Blue Ridge Mountains’ beauty—a setting that informed his sensitivity to place and atmosphere. Jack Boul: Land, City, Home invites viewers to experience the understated vibrancy of Boul’s work, offering a poignant meditation on the rhythms of life that flow through the landscapes we inhabit.
