If I Could Turn Back Time
Every painting has a creation story behind it - here's how this painting slowly unfolded for me...
07 January, 2025
New Work
The Sound of Wings
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...
07 November, 2024
Thorny Issue
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...
22 October, 2024
My First Artist Friend
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....
30 July, 2024
New Limited Edition Animal Portrait Wall Calendar
Animals calendar, customizable to start on the month of your choosing. Contact me to purchase one for just $25. ...
30 July, 2024
Livingstone’s Turaco, I Presume
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, exotic bird that I saw online but sadly I do not know...
15 August, 2023
The Great Beauty
"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 connection...
14 August, 2023
A Prayer
"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...
08 June, 2023
Abandoned
"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,...
08 June, 2023