SASHA GRISHIN gives an insider's view of the distilled compositions of a virtuoso.

Peter Boggs is a figurative, tonalist painter who, in his carefully observed landscapes, street scenes and still life compositions, tries to instil a whole philosophy of being. The quality of impersonality is one of his distinguishing features - he appears as impersonal both in the choice of the subject matter and in its manner and technique of execution.

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Image: Peter Boggs, boboli #18 a corner in the boboli, 2009, oil on canvas on panel, 21 x 25cm.