Roslindale Open Studios 2015

Here are a few pictures of images that were on display at my home studio in 2015 and will be on display and for sale again in 2016!

My Self Promo for Roslindale Open Studios 2015

Here is a jpeg verson of my self promo for this years Roslindale Open Studios. Click on this jpeg image here and an interactive pdf will pop up in a new window. From there you can be directed to RoslindaleOpenStudios.org, BobDWard.com, or send me an email message. Give it a try.

INTERACTIVE PDF

My second holiday card design for 2015

This picture was taken back in 2008 while commuters were waiting for the Needham Train to Downtown Boston in a blustery snowstorm. It's my second Roslindale Holiday Card that will be on sale during Roslindale Open Studios. The inside says "Greetings from Roslindale Village".  $3 each or packages of 8 for $20. The image will also be gallery wrapped, 1.5 inches thick with black sides on canvas 12"x 18".

I am back participating in Roslindale Open Studios 2015

After a two year hiatus, I am back as a participant artist in this year's Roslindale Open Studios. I will be exhibiting and selling all my usual Boston and Roslindale images plus a few new ones. I am pricing to sell and will have more details about my marked down pricing to come.

I also will present an photographic study of pictures taken in Post Office Square in Downtown Boston in 2008. These images will look illustrative and have there own unique style. These illustratative images will be on display on my website as soon as I can get them uploaded to my gallery. To see all my prints please stop by my home studio during the event. November 7 & 8, 2015. I will have furter updates on this website and my facebook page.

The Story of my personal branding

It was a beautiful spring day in the month of March and I was on my lunch break in Harvard Square with my Olympus camera. The year was 1999, and I was working at an ad agency called Baldwin & Stone situated in the heart of Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. Since my lunch break was an hour long I frequently took walks around the "Square" but this particular day I had my camera and I was heading down towards the Charles River. I strolled over the Anderson Memorial Bridge to get to the the Allston side the river where I took the photo that would forever be used as my personal an professional branding. I did some major color enhancements as well as colorized elements in the image. After all it was still March and there wasn't much lively color in my image. So knowing a few things about Photoshop I began creating my new branding image. In my image, the Weld Boat House is situated on the right side and the Anderson Memorial Bridge on the left side. Through the magic of Photoshop I applied my greens to the trees and punched up my colors of the boat house to make it the focal point of the image. With my Photoshop color palette and use of some filters, I  created my image as we know it today. I designed myself a horizontal image with a speckled outer edge. I use it on my letterhead, business card and on my website header. Since the image was taken and manipulated by me it represents a small portion of my artistic creatively and skills. It one of my most favorite images.

The winning image is...

This image was chosen for my next Roslindale holiday card that will be on sale at the Birch Street House & Garden here in Roslindale this Fall, 2015. For many years The Pleasant Cafe on Washington Street has been a favorite eatery for locals for good home cooking.

New images of a Roslindale Christmas

Possible Roslindale Christmas cards?

While visiting Palm Springs, CA, I cought Carol Channing flirting with the mayor at the Christmas tree lighting

SoulfulBody Fitness Opens Storefront Studio in Roslindale

To help my client Carlos Moran, owner of SoulfulBody Fitness, promote his new location, I designed him this postcard.

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Roslindale Village Main Street post about other Roslindale Gas Lanterns

It was a beautiful January late afternoon day in 2008 about 3pm. I believe it was a Sunday afternoon. I was just taking a stroll through Roslindale Village and came upon this working gas lantern right next to the Roslindale Congregational Church. I had to document this incredible life from the past. This working gas lantern that represents life when gas was used for early outdoor lighting. I guess it's still a working/existing gas lantern from the good ole days. According to a recent post on the Roslindale Village Main Street Facebook page. Does anyone have a clue when it was installed here?

Here are more pictures from that afternoon.

My Latest Post Card for Soulfulbody Fitness

Carlos O. Moran, owner of Soulfulbody Fitness here in Boston is looking to make a little money while he is on vacation in July in Provincetown, MA. His website is Soulfulbodyfitness.com

The new Liberty Mutual Building, Back Bay, Boston