Oscars red carpet 2013-Ballet pink

Ballet pink on the runway.

Satin and tulle, chiffon and lace.

Full and flowy and filmy and straight.

"Ballerinas"* twirling and posing in place.

Oscars red carpet 2013. * Jennifer Lawrence, Amanda Seifried, Octavia Spencer, Anne Hathaway

Pastel, 8x10, $150. [To see my red carpet paintings from others years click here: Oscars red carpet]

Orange

When I was in college I made the prerequisite trip to Florida for spring break. We women stayed at a motel we thought was really 'groovy' that had a pool... and guys. Sun, Coppertone, fun. Every morning the hotel owner would put out a pitcher of freshly squeezed orange juice that she picked from the trees in her backyard. Heavenly. To this day I always hope that when I drink my morning glass of OJ it will taste and smell and look like that. It doesn't. It's just "fresh" from the carton. And the motel we stayed at is now a highway. No more orange trees. Only memories.

Watercolor, 4x6, $25.

Person in red on beach

A spot of red breaks the silence of the sea. 

Pastel, 8x10
SOLD Connecticut

Melting star, pastel, Bohoy

"We have only this moment sparkling like a star in our hand... 
and melting like a snowflake.
Let us use it before it is too late." 
Marie Beyon Ray


Pastel, 5x7

Guest room, watercolor, Bohoy

Red linens.
Fluffy pillows.
Roses in vases.
Hanging greens.
Cat in position.
Christmas company's coming!

Watercolor, 8x10, $185.

Moon Nite, pastel, Bohoy

Full white moon.
Ink blue sky.
Still water.
Reflection.
Quiet.
Pastel, 8.5 x 11.5, $195. [SOLD Connecticut]

 

Cuba-Baby Ballerinas, pastel-Bohoy

In Cuba-
With their tutus and tights, shoes and totes, outside Laura Alonso's ballet school, baby ballerinas waited for their turn to dance.


Pastel, 8x10, [original SOLD-Florida]
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]
$225 + shipping

Figs,pastel,Bohoy

It all started with a trip to home Depot to get hardware. 
Next thing- we were transporting a fig tree home in our little car.
I had always wanted a fig tree to accompany our lemon trees and to pretend I am in Italy- in New England.
It was marked way down due to scrawniness. The only one there, and all alone. One little stalk with leaves puffing out. Into the herb garden it went, next to the rose tree, in the full sun. It grew. It was happy. 
But not as happy as I was when it sprouted many little buds-- that became figs. Real figs. Like we had in Italy. Like my Grandpa's. Mamma Mia- one day one was big enough to pick. And eat! With a slab of Brie. Cosi felice! Here it is.
Pastel  5 x 7  $125.

Canned flowers

If we could only can the summer flowers.
'Put them up' for the winter.
When things are gray, or blue-
we could open the jar; 
smell the perfume,
touch the beauty, 
and taste the summer.
Food for the soul.
Grandma knew.

Pastel, 5x7, $150.

Sun flowers

Catch the sun in a flower before the frost does. 

Pastel, 8x10, $150.