HEART DAY:
Bleeding or hurting? Pulsating & full of love? Purple for courage, sacrifice and resilience.
All hearts are honored on Valentines Day.
February 13, 2025
December 20, 2024
November 15, 2024
Last of the leaves
Last colors of fall
fall
I wish that they could stay
stay
A carpet of leaves appear
One leaf-
a souvenir
"Raining Leaves" ©Bohoy, 2010, pastel, Providence RI
"Fallen Leaf" ©Bohoy, 2007. pastel
September 22, 2024
Fall today!
But in February to June my tree painting was in the juried Historic Beverly art exhibit titled "The Colors of Beverly."
It's just a tree!- but it won an award by a jury of respected art judges.
I was pleasantly surprised.
"Color Falls in Beverly," © 2008, pastel, 15 x 21.
Detail
May 12, 2024
March 13, 2024
Oscars Red Carpet 2024- A beach
A stage light becomes the "sun."
Blue "seaweed" collects on Da'Vine.
Aqua "water" flows from Hailee.
A "scallop shell" opens on Emma.
"Mollusks & pearls"attach to Anya.
And a man bares his all on the "sand."
The runway beach.
Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Hailee Steinfeld, Emma Stone, Anya Taylor Joy
Pastel, 10x8
December 30, 2023
Dove embrace-painting by Bohoy
Our world is not at peace.
But I wish you personal peace for the New Year 2024.
The earth needs an embrace from the dove which has become the symbol of peace.
Throughout history its meaning also denoted many things:
- It first appeared many times in the Bible representing innocence and purity
- In Native American folklore it was a protector of warriors
- In Aztec and Mexican tribes, the dove was used in wedding rituals as symbols of love
- In Greek mythology the dove symbolizes Aphrodite the goddess of love; sexuality
- In Japan a dove with a sword represented the end of war
- Today:
- Doves are released at the Olympic Games signifying peace among participants
- In certain cultures at weddings and funerals doves are released as symbols of hope
- Political and anti-war protestors use it on posters as a message of peace
- The UN uses the dove logo with an olive branch for their "Day of Peace"
Peace be with you.
October 8, 2023
"Movement Arts" paintiing by Bohoy
Feel, Swirl, Jump, Roll, Release. Move your body. And dance!Watercolor, 10 x 8
August 10, 2023
Travel Memory-Greece
"Island Siren" © Johanna Bohoy, 2016, Watercolor, 8x10
White Washed & Blue
Deep blue water, pale blue sky,
sunshine whites, and fuschia brights.
Drink in hand, barefoot, and free.
A siren from the sea is calling me.
"Cat's House" © Johanna Bohoy, 1990, pastel.
Cat’s House
Classical ruins.
Ancient & rare.
Tourists: “Do not touch!"
~
But the cat will.
It’s his home.
The column– his couch.
The sun– his heat.
A privileged king in his castle.
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Light caught in Greece
The day is long
The sun slow to leave.
The light is caught
and the shadows wait.
The door– soon to close
and the flowers to bed.
Goodnight Greece.
~ Johanna Bohoy
June 2, 2023
Travel Memory- Alaska
"Alaska Watch" © Johanna Bohoy, 2014, pastel.
Alaska watch–
Out come the cameras and phones. Almost tipping the boat into waves.
Capturing mountains and glaciers ahead.
And a humpback? an otter? an Orca? a seal?
Sights to see and send home.
Heading to Surprise Glacier, Alaska
"Surprise Glacier" © Johanna Bohoy, 2014, Watercolor, 20 x 16
Surprise–
It's a glacier.
An ice sculpture framed by the mountains.
Groaning, cracking, spouting, melting- calving into the sound.
Baby blue reflected from the sky above.
Chunks of ice swim over to greet us.
Little ships built by hundreds of years of compressed snow- now set sail.
A wonder of nature before our eyes.
Surprise Glacier, Alaska.
"Hatcher Passe" © Johanna Bohoy, 2014, pastel.
There's gold in them there hills...
Hatcher Pass, Alaska.
Through the rolling hills and roiling mist a shrouded vestige of the past appears.
Peaks of red that sheltered the miners of the Alaska Pacific Mining Company dot the velvety green pass.
Ghostly mists and fog and clouds hover above, all secretly holding the stories
of the men seeking their fortunes that came to a halt during WWII.
Eerily beautiful.
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