Watercolors by Boozer - Meet the Artist

Meet the Artist

John Boozer has always had a keen interest in the arts, but like many others he waited until his career was well established and his family raised before giving serious study to his lifelong love--watercolor.

At age 47, while living in California, he began studying with Jade Fon, the renowned San Francisco Bay Area watercolorist. Through his Diablo Valley College following and his nationally known Asilomar Watercolor Workshop, the late Jade Fon probably influenced more California watercolor artists than any other single person. In addition to Fon, Boozer has been influenced most through study with Gerald Brommer and Tom Lynch.

Boozer's paintings represent a variety of subject matter, but whether a landscape, a floral or a beach scene, he strives through the pastel quality of his work to develop a "quiet and uncluttered" mood with the viewer. "My goal, he says, is to create something in a painting with which viewers can relate and make them feel good about what they see." A work of art, he contends, "is like an expression of love-- it should not have to be explained."

Boozer is retired with over 35 years with the Federal Government. Upon his retirement he was the Deputy Regional Administrator with the Southeast Regional Office of the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service in Atlanta, a position he also held for 15 years in the Western Region.

A native of Kentucky, he resides near Clarkesville and Mount Airy, GA, with his wife Peggy. They have three daughters and three grandchildren.