On the Road to 2014

 

“Nothing behind me, everything in front of me, ever so on the road.”
– (Jack Kerouac, “On the Road”)
 

A positive 2014 to all.
 

8x10 photo painting.

Cheerios, watercolor, Bohoy

After celebrations-

Everyone's gone.

Just remnants of little one's remain.

 The ubiquitous Cheerios.

Watercolor, 5 x 7

$75.

Rainy Day Friends, watercolor, Bohoy

Friends.
Like Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.
But 'chicks'.
Caught in the rain.
"Raindrops keep fallin' on my head... 
It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me
Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red
Cryin's not for me
'Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin
Because I'm free
Nothin's worryin' me."
From song by B. J. Thomas

Jo & Zoe at Tanglewood.

Watercolor, 8x10, $125. SOLD [Connecticut]

Good luck Red Sox

Peanuts, Cracker Jacks,
hot dogs, and beers.
Roars and boos,
waves, and cheers.
Nightlights, neon,
bat and ball.Take me out to the ballgame.

Pastel, 8x10
SOLD [Maine]

Decadent Desserts, pastel Bohoy

I started this painting before going to an event at a castle in Long Island. Little did I know that it would literally come to life that weekend. 
At said event, at the end of the night,  there was a room the size of half a ballroom set up with 10 tables of desserts of every kind. A table for each: cakes, pastries & tarts, puddins & things, ice creams, hot desserts, cupcakes, chocolate fountain with smores, & more & more & more, and coffee drinks. Needless to say we dug in even though it was sinful, diabetic, wasteful, and decadent and ended up prone on the bed from over-indulgence.
Groan. 

Herb Bouquet, watercolor, Bohoy

The end of summer means it's time to gather the herbs from the garden and dry them for the winter. 

I painted this as a bridal bouquet and the full painting has herb names and their meanings.

Detail from 18 x 22 watercolor, NFS, print available.

Farm animal tiles, Bohoy

Handpainted 8x8 animal tiles for wall of "The Meatball Shoppe" in Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston.

I recently finished 35 hand painted farm animal tiles for the wall of the new "KOBS Meatball Shoppe" in the Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston. It was a daunting task- each animal was relatively detailed, and had to be repeated 4 times, but they're done, all installed and greeting the meatball lovers.

Detail- Turkey tile, acrylic, 8 x 8

8"x8" tiles, acrylic, commission-SOLD [Massachusetts]

Shower Light

A painting I never put up. 
It's been hanging in my bathroom for years. 
Time to take a peek.

Pastel, 6.5 x 8
SOLD [California]

Cuban Street, watercolor, Bohoy

A new painting done for a recent "Colors of Cuba" exhibit:
 Time had stopped.
Just like we had heard–everywhere we found ourselves in Cuba, we felt like extras on a movie set.
Besides the vintage cars, the buildings were revealing portraits of the past. 
Some– beautiful Colonial architectural gems that had crumbled from time and the lack of upkeep and money.
Some– vibrant colorful structures that screamed ‘tropical.’
And others– visions of poverty.

Watercolor, 11x14, [matted with black 16x20 frame]

Cuban Cigars, pastel, Bohoy

A new painting done for a recent "Colors of Cuba" exhibit:
 
In Cuba the government owns everything. Even though they have free health care and fee education the people in Cuba earn a meager wage, to say the least- $17-30 US dollars a month.
Many take to the streets to make money. 
Here, a woman with an humorously large cigar in her mouth hopes to earn a living by posing for tourists.
Juxtaposed to her, is a man who is just casually enjoying his cigar- one of Cuba's most prosperous industries.
Ironically a plant that looks like tobacco leaves separates them both.

Pastel, 8x10, mat with black 11x14 frame, $225.