International figurative painter Bohemus travels the world in search of unique faces, bringing them together in his new series, Traveling Portraits. Developing portraits on large canvases, his paintings are based on his drawings sketched during his layovers on his multiple roundtrips from Paris to Nashville. He has made over 100 portraits of various people he has encountered. “This collection represents a snapshot of people's lives as they rush from one place to the next. The people I have painted represent to me individuals experiencing a longing for freedom after confinement in a predefined space, such as an airport.”
Born in Poland, Bohemus (a.k.a. Marek Kacki) moved to the United States in 1980 to pursue a freer state of living. Following his family's desires, he became a medical physician and has practiced for nearly thirty years. Disillusioned by contemporary healthcare, Bohemus recently became a full-time professional visual artist, continuing to express healing on canvas. He now practices medicine on a part-time basis, dividing his time between a historic farmhouse in Middle Tennessee and a small artist village in the south of France.
