James Bohary continues to live and work in New York City, upstate New York, Puerto Rico, and Newfoundland, Canada. His thickly painted abstract paintings are influenced by these diverse surroundings. Bohary lets different aspects of these locations shape his imagination; the movements of whales, icebergs that are 15,000 years old, the ancient tree fern, the constant movement of urban centers, or the reflection of light on a slow moving river. Each painting is specific and has its own time, place and temperature. The gesture and color emerge from layers of observation, reflection, intuition and experience. Bohary uses a palette knife, kitchen spatula, or even his thumbs, to create an expressive and unpre-meditated surface, a complex topography. His brilliant chromatic inventions use lush, turbulent colors in sometimes disconcerting combinations. Bohary's paintings have a raw energy and a sense of daring improvisation that give them the feeling that nothing has been held back.

James Bohary has exhibited extensively since 1971 in the United States and Europe. His awards include a Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant, NEA Grant, and American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award. His work is included in the collections of the Corcoran Gallery of Art; the Hood Museum; the Weatherspoon Art Center; and the Snite Museum at Notre Dame University.

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