Reunions, watercolor, Bohoy

Reunions.
Large or small.
Family, friends or foes.
Hello; a hug; a kiss.
Long time no see.
Do you recognize me?

[I had a month of reunions: from a long lost friend, to a high school reunion, a visit with relatives, and unfortunately a funeral-- so this painting will remind me of those.]

Watercolor, 8x10, $75.

Vacation House, pastel, Bohoy

Take leave.
Leave it all behind.
Leave it till tomorrow.
Leave us alone.
Listen to the sea.
Listen to the seagulls.
Listen to the silence.

Pastel, 8x10.
[needs to be finished]

After the ball, pastel, Bohoy

After.
It hangs on a hook...
the wedding veil?
the prom dress?
the tutu?
It's done its job.
It's over.

Pastel, 5x7, $75.

Got your back. Father's Day, pastel, Bohoy

Little arms in big arms.
Protection. Strength.
Trust. Love.

Happy Father's Day.

pastel, 8x10 NFS

Napoleonic era POW ship modelmakers, pastel, Bohoy

During the Napoleonic era, French prisoners of war had to find resourceful ways to spend their long imprisonment. On the encouragement of their captors, they constructed ship models from recycled cattle bone, boxwood, whale baleen, or sometimes from more exotic materials supplied by the local citizenry, e.g., silk, gold, silver foil, ivory, tortoise shell, etc. The resulting ships were remarkable in their authenticity and today are sought after by collectors of antique ship models and Napoleonic objets d'art.

Pastel, 8x10, framed, museum glass.
Painting commissioned to accompany exhibition and sale of these Napoleonic era 1793-1815 POW ship models. For purchase email: wall@shipmodel.com
To view antique shipmodel collection go to: American Marine Model Gallery.

Memorial Flowers

Flowers-
Lovingly saluting those who have passed from the earth.
Brilliantly giving to those on earth.
With painted petals and personal perfumes, small miracles of pollen sprout from the ground.

8x10, Layered watercolor, $150.

Tribute to Millet: Lavender Lady, pastel, Bohoy

Millet is noted for his pastel scenes of peasant men & women farmers, workers, laborers in daily scenes depicting their daily struggle for survival.
An exhibit I just saw at the MFA inspired my pastel painting of a present day worker-
a woman twining lavender bunches on a lavender farm.
My tribute to Millet.

5x7 pastel & conté, $100.

Spring on the Beach, watercolor,Bohoy

Not warm enough for a bathing suit,
or a dip in the sea,
but it's spring and sunny and the beach is calling.

Watercolor, 8x10, $100.
[SOLD, New York to California]

Mom's Apple Pie, pastel, Bohoy

Mom's apple pie.
Made with a bowl, a rolling pin, and love.
Happy Mother's Day Moms.

Pastel, 5x7, $125.

Terra's Tiara, flower crown, pastel, Bohoy

No sparkling, royal, priceless jewels
for our Earth Mother Queen.
Just ruby roses, with lavender amethyst, blue sapphire forget-me nots, and lily of the valley pearls.
All twined together with leaves and tendrils of emerald green.

Pastel, 5x7, $100