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...
by Barbara Bose This painting is about a dream I had recently. I keep a dream diary under my pillow. I don't usually remember all of the content of my nightly Netflix, but I usually manage to scribble down what I remember. Even...
Barbara Bose In 1970, when I was a high school sophomore in Stamford, Connecticut, a senior named George spotted me during a fire drill. He had the wildest hair in the school and was an artist. He appeared out of a sea of students and told me he liked my nose....
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SOLD! 16 x 20 inches, acrylic on canvas by Barbara Bose, 2023 Every once in a while I get inspired by an image of a beautiful creature that I paint in order to explore its beauty even more. This is a fairly accurate rendition of a photo of a gorgeous,...
"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...
justice without mercy is cruelty...
"A Prayer" oil on masonite. 24" x 32" This is an oil and Sharpie painting on masonite. It was a fun and challenging surface to paint on, and actually quite forgiving but also scratchable so it is behind a thick piece of plexiglass. The lower half of the painting is borrowed...
"Abandoned" 20" x 16" oil on canvas This is my rendition of a beautiful photograph I saw in the New York Times by Dmitry Kokh. I painted it because I related to it, not to sell it or rip off Mr. Kokh. We inhabit our life like we inhabit a house,...
This is a large oil painting about the importance of my new cat Sammy, who is an oasis of love and life in a time of turmoil. My old cat recently passed away at the age of 18. Requiescat means 'may she rest in peace.' <- back ...