Framed "gyre" work on paper

I framed up the still untitled "gyre" painting yesterday, which was a good 2 hour long endeavor. I feel lucky to have the studio space that I do have, but it's terrible for framing work. There's always crap floating around, so I have to take excessive steps to keep everything clean as I work.
Anyway, this piece is on a full sheet of watercolor paper, which stretched comes to around 22 1/2" x 30 1/4", or someplace in that area. The work is framed out to 26"x34".

This piece will be the basis for a much larger and more detailed painting about the great pacific garbage patch. I went out to Ocean Beach in San Francisco and collect plastic trash that had washed up (of which there is a lot), and then brought it back here, where I treated it in a soapy bath for a couple of weeks, agitating it and sterilizing it.

Six new paintings from Nicholas Bohac

I spent the evening photographing all of the recently finished paintings for the show in Columbus and the show here in San Francisco. This leaves one more painting to finish up for Ohio, and then I can take a bit of a break, go home to Omaha, and see some family and friends for the first time in a year.


"Great Misconceptions"
Acrylic, Ink, Photographs, Silkscreen, Spraypaint, Copper Leaf & Collage on Wood Panel
20"x30"


untitled gyre painting
Acrylic, Ink, Silkscreen, Photographs, Pacific Ocean Plastic & Collage on Wood Panel
22.50"x30.25"


"Lurk"
Acrylic, Ink, Silkscreen, Photographs & Collage on Wood Panel
16"x24"


untitled
Acrylic, Ink, Silkscreen & Collage on Wood Panel
16"x24"


"The Giving Tree"
Acrylic, Ink, Silkscreen & Collage on Wood Panel
20"x24"


"Wreck Center"
Acrylic, Ink, Silkscreen, Spraypaint & Collage on Wood Panel
16"x24"

Finished work

These first three are basically finished. They need to be cleaned up a bit, and the two on panel will be varnished, while the one on paper will be framed up next week (hopefully).

22"x30"

16"x24"

16"x24"

This is the 32"x48" painting for Mahan. This was photographed earlier today to send over to a friend, so it's actually moved along furuther than this since then. I'm planning on working in the foreground tomorrow and throughout the weekend, and also finish up, or get close to finishing up, a few smaller paintings. Things are starting to wrap up.

Nicholas Bohac: Working hard, taking names, new works for Mahan Gallery & Hang Art Gallery

I wanted to update with a few things to start off the week. I'll be updating much more in the next week or two, I hope. June 3rd I have an opening at HANG Art Gallery in San Francisco, and then I'm flying out the next night for an opening in Columbus, Ohio at Mahan Gallery. Both are groups shows, and I feel fortunate to be a part of both shows. I've known DJ over at HANG for a few years and always love working with her, while Mahan is a new group of people that I'm looking forward to meeting in person in less than two months. I have some of the work finished up for both shows, but I'm also making, I believe, 7 new pieces. A couple 16"x24" paintings on panel, a 20"x30" painting on panel, a 20"x24" on panel, a 22"x30" work on paper, and just started a 32"x48" painting on panel last week. I want to ship the work to Mahan by mid May, and I have another week after that to finish work for HANG, although most of the work is finished up for that. So that's the long story, and I'll try to keep the work coming this week. The only thing that's going to be being worked on into May will be the larger piece, I hope.

This is the 20"x30" painting on panel. Also, while I'm working on 7 things at once, I've lucked out in that I'm really loving everything I'm working on right now. But in a group of 7 new things, this is really tops for me. I love this painting. I'm shooting slides (hopefully) this coming weekend, and can't wait to get this on the website.

This is the 22"x30" work on paper. It'll be framed up for the show. The concept behind this painting is to make a study for a larger 60"x72" painting about the Pacific Gyre or "great pacific garbage patch" or any of the other names that are floating around about it. For those that don't know, it's a floating "island" of plastic refuse out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It was something that was known about in the scientific and boating communities, but I think Alan Weisman's "World Without People" popularized the knowledge that this exists. It's hard to clean up because the garbage floats in the water, and not on top of it. For this work, I went out to Ocean Beach and picked up plastic garbage that was washed up in the sand. Ocean Beach, btw, is connected to the Pacific Ocean. While working on the 60"x72" painting, I plan to continue to do smaller pieces that supplement the larger work.

Also, for those in the LA Area, I'll have a painting in a group show opening at Tinlark Gallery over on Sunset BLVD. on Saturday April 24.