Paintings by Tony Bosch

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This page updated: July 9, 2010

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	THE WILDWOOD INDEPENDENT - JULY 9, 2010

Artist Profile

Tony Bosch's art is noted for its humor as he likes to poke fun at himself and life. Often he will do his own takeoff from a painting by one of the masters such as Norman Rockwell's painting of himself painting. Tony enjoys painting his wife, Nancy. He says that he paints "ideas" and he finds inspiration in watching people.

Tony was born and raised in Holland before the war. When he was in High School, he took a watercolor painting class. He was in the Dutch army and was captured, imprisoned and tortured by the Japanese. To relieve the boredom and entertain his fellow prisoners, Tony made sketches of people in the camp.

Tony has known all his life that he had a talent for sketching and only discovered his painting skills after moving to LWW in 1997 when he met Paula Woodle and under her tutelage, became an oil painter. He paints in a little studio next to his house.

In 11 years, Tony has produced an amazing variety of artwork in realistic, impressionistic, cubist and other styles of art. He has a talent for design and composition, working out the details in his sketchbook before putting paint on his canvas. He likes to work in a small format, finding that more manageable. Tony admires the Dutch and French masters, especially Vincent Van Gogh, Jan Vermeer, Frans Hals, and Hieronymus Bosch. He advises other artists to "have a goal whether it is to sell or to just have fun with your art." Art has given Tony a new lease on life after retirement. He cannot imagine life without art.

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