Boston we love

Painting from my archives of the Boston we know and love.


"Boston Swan Boats" watercolor, 8x10. View of the Boston Public Gardens.
$195.

Boston Contemplation, pastel, Bohoy

Painting from my archives that show the peaceful Boston we know and love.

Beautiful. Blossoming. Beloved.

"Contemplation" pastel, 8x10, View of The Boston Public Gardens  
SOLD- Florida

Cuban Musician, pastel, Bohoy

In a small fishing village of Cojimar, Cuba, referred to often in Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, I saw this man ambling down a deserted, colorful street. Was this 'old' man with his instrument going to his street spot to play for the tourists; was he a 50s Buena Vista Social Club musical artist on his way to the club, or..? Either one- a musician. A photographer friend of mine, Lou, once told the story of seeing what appeared to be a homeless man, with tattered clothes and gnarly hands; unkempt, and seemingly lost with probably nothing in his pockets. Like most street people he was carrying a bag. All of a sudden he opened the bag, pulled out his guitar and began to play a mesmerizing, hauntingly beautiful spanish guitar melody that blew everyone away. You can't judge a book by its cover-- nor a man.

Cuban musician.

 Pastel, 8x10, $250. with mat in black 11x14 frame, $250. 

First day of Spring? pastel, Bohoy

Daffodils on sill.

Snow on hill.

Cat in spell.

As snow fell.
It's spring? 

Pastel, 5x7, $75.

Dog Day, pastel, Bohoy

A March day.
A brown, and tan, and gray day.
Sink into a cushion, blanket, or pillow.
Just succumb to the dog day.

Pastel, 8x1, SOLD

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.