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On a
beautiful day in April of '93, I was riding my bicycle in the Hollywood
Hills. I decided to pick some wild flowers for P. Marie's birthday. I
arrived home only to be made aware that she had left town...
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I threw the flowers
within the pages of a phone book, and went about my business. A couple
weeks later I found them. I removed the pressed and dried flowers from
the pages and arranged them on a piece of paper. In the upper left
quadrant of the page I wrote a verse for my Mother, Laminated it, and
sent it to her for Mother's Day. It still hangs in her kitchen in
Kirkwood, Missouri. I continued this sort of thing for about a year... |
Then Brian at the
copy shop said, "You oughta make 'em bigger and frame 'em. Then
you'd have original art." About a million flowers and 2000 hours
later, Matt Edward approached me and commissioned me to do a portrait of
Frank Capra. Surprised, excited, and in awe of Matt's bravery, I
accepted. I began signing the portraits "Zeno", in honor of my
late grandfather, Zeno Bosche... |
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It also became a rule
that I would only use pressed and dried flower petals and leaves, and
absolutely no artificial coloring, with the exception of the black
masonite background. A number of portraits followed: Louis Armstrong,
Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, Billy
Holliday, Marlin Brando, Melissa's Mother, and a special friend, Allyce
Beasley and her son, Andrea. I hope you enjoy them.
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