Image of “Cata and Adri on a Hill,” courtesy of the artist.

Much of Adam De Boer‘s work, including his new series of paintings in Finca — on display at Flashpoint through November 13 — is filled with young people: some listening to iPods, others wearing those ubiquitous thick-rimmed glasses, all looking as pensive and as self-aware as we ourselves hope we are. They’re visually of our time, yet they remain compellingly timeless, their postures and determined expressions faintly classical, despite the contemporary iconography. This otherworldly duality isn’t unique to De Boer. In fact, it’s often central in modern interpretations of figurative and narrative art. But his take is invitingly unassuming.