Rapunzel, pastel, Bohoy

Rapunzel, Rapunzel 

let down your hair.

Yesterday a child; now a tween or teen.

Yesterday a tomboy; now girly girl.

Pastel "Natalie", 5x7, NFS

Beach Treasures, pastel Bohoy

Girlfriends. Mother and child. Time alone. Sparkling sea. Soft sand. Sails. Shells, crabs, and other things.
   All- beach treasures.

Pastel, 8x10
[SOLD- New York]

Boy with cat

Jack.

And his cat.

The Prince.

A fluff of white.

In hands so tight.

Who's purring who?

Pastel, 8x10, NFS 

[Portraits of people and pets available. Contact me.]

Cool

It's summer.

It's hot.

Be cool.

Watercolor, 4x6, $40.

Cuba, lady in white

One of the religions in Cuba is the African American Santería "worship of saints" which blends elements of the Catholic Church and West African beliefs. After their initiation, participants must wear white from head to toe for one year as a symbol of purity. 
 
This woman sitting on the wall outside the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Regla (Church of Our Lady of Regla- the Black Madonna and "African goddess of the sea") is wearing all white.
 
Had she just finished initiation, or was she just a lady dressed in white with parasol?

[From a trip to Cuba]
Watercolor, 8x10, Original SOLD [Alabama] 

Available: 11x14 print in black 16x20 frame

[Gicleé fine art print is embellished by the artist, therefore one-of-a kind & numbered]
$225 + shipping

Cuba, Flamenco, José Carreno, pastel, Bohoy

Stomp. 

Stomp, stomp. 

Stomp, stomp, stomp. 

A swoosh of red. 

A slice of black. 

Passion!

 José

 Olé. 

[This is a painting of José Carreno, former dancer with ABT American Ballet Theatre performing a Flamenco for the first time. José was the host of my trip to his native Cuba.]

Pastel, 8x10, $195 original SOLD [Florida]

Available: 11x14 print in black 16x20 frame
[Gicleé fine art print is embellished by the artist, therefore one-of-a kind & numbered]
$225 + shipping

Cuba, Tropicana, nightclub

A little bit of Vegas

a little Disney

but in your head a lot of Desi.

Rum to help you ruminate.

Bongos and Babalu.

Swirls of colors, costumes, neon,

showgirls, singers, dancers- against the black of the tropical night.

[From a trip to Cuba: The Tropicana]

8x10, pastel, $225. + ship [matted in 11x14 black frame]

Cuba-ballet school

A sunlit streak

across the floor-

a spotlight

for the dancers

who stretch,

warm up,

gear up

in silence

together.

sshh...

[From a trip to Cuba- ballet class observed at Ballet Nacional de Cuba]

Pastel, 8x10,
Original SOLD but print available: 
11x14 print in black 16x20 frame

[Gicleé fine art print is embellished by the artist, therefore one-of-a kind & numbered]
$200 + shipping

 

Cuba- Sunset on the Malecon

Cuba.
An orange flash
dropped from the setting sun
cruisin' on the Malecon Drive
...since the 50s?

[From a trip to Cuba- 50s cars everywhere color the landscape]
 8x10, pastel, original SOLD [Florida] 

Available: 11x14 print in black 16x20 frame
[Gicleé fine art print is embellished by the artist, therefore one-of-a kind & numbered]
$225 + shipping

Sunday Morning Newspaper, Boston Globe, pastel, Bohoy

Sunday.

Coffee.

And something to read on real paper.

SOLD [5x7 print available]