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Much of what transpires in Tree of Lives is an accounting of actual events in my life, though many identities are changed in order to prevent embarrassment. Recently I had the opportunity to revisit a slice of my past at the memorial service for the man the character Rick in...

Free* by Barbara Bose Circa 1983: Posed as an attractive American swinging single, I sat down on one of the bouncy couches in the lobby of the timeshare condo, whereupon a “Deluxe Portable Bentley 5” 82 Channel T.V. was to be mine just for visiting and touring the resort after meeting the...

1988: On the night before my new job was to start I decided to clean up my art studio and clear out some old vibrations. It was a nice, clear night in Miami Beach and I was upstairs. During a quiet moment uninterrupted by my two young daughters, I realized...

NEEDS MUST - 8" x 12" ©2024 Barbara Bose , oils on photo This is an only slightly retouched photo (believe it or not) . I added the face with my phone stylus, had it printed to canvas, then colorized with oil tints over the image to enhance the contrast....

"The Great Beauty" 16 x 20 oil on canvas by Barbara Bose 16 x 20, oil on canvas by Barbara Bose A friend snapped a blurry photo recently, while zooming on a scooter past a market in Morocco. I wanted to paint this lady's beautiful gesture, captured during a random, split second...