Sylvia Bokor
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Kicking Up Her Heels
Limited-edition Prints |
A Pal Good & True
Oil on linen |
Mesmerizing Views
Oil on linen |
Arrival
Oil on linen |
Design for Spring
Oil on linen |
Poolside Chat
Oil on linen |
Pewter Pitcher
Photo print |
Ascent of Man
Limited-edition prints on canvas |
Central Park Lake
Oil on canvas |
Mind Over Matter
Limited-edition prints on canvas |
The Greatest Invention
Oil on linen |
Tomorrow Today
Limited-edition prints on canvas |
Water Lilies
Oil on linen |
Beginnings
Oil on linen |
Thank You, Mr. Edison
Oil on canvas |
An interview with Sylvia Bokor... Owning a Work of Art — an article by Sylvia Bokor... |
About Sylvia Bokor ~
"I fell in love with commercial illustration when I was a kid. When I was 16 I decided that I wanted to be an illustrator. However, due to financial and other difficulties I did not actually start my studies until I was 30. At that time I was in NYC where I found the best art teacher in the world: Frank J. Reilly. I got a production job in publishing to put myself through night school. During the two years remaining to Mr. Reilly, he advanced me rapidly from drawing to painting to competition work. I won honorable mention in a city-wide poster contest during my first year with him. After he died, unable to find a comparable teacher, I continued my night school studies virtually unaided for the next three years. I entered several shows in New York City, winning first place at a Catherine Lorillard Wolfe competition the first year after quitting night school, and a gold medal from Grumbacher for "excellence any medium" that same year.
"But I wanted time to do commerical illustration. So, I quit exhibiting and prepared a portfolio for that purpose. Happily, my first time out with a portfolio presentation netted me a cover. I did covers for about 5 years. But the stories I was asked to illustrate were not the romantic dramas of my youth. I withdrew from paperback illustration and went into technical illustration. I was hired to do a book for Reader's Digest — for whom I also did a magazine illustration for one of Erma Bombeck's stories. I free-lanced for them for six years, doing gardening and how-to illustration, i.e. illustration which showed men how to make and repair things. Meanwhile a gallery in North Carolina repped me, and I put together a one-man show for myself in Soho. In addition, I showed a few paintings now and then to small groups on the east coast. At my last small show, I sold everything except one painting that had gotten slightly damaged in transit.
"Years ago I had planned that at a certain age I'd leave commercial illustration and move out west to develop some painting ideas. In my first year absent from New York City, however, I completed a job for Reader's Digest, a 6'x4' commissioned piece and lectured on art in Boston, Washington, DC and Toronto.
"At present, I finally finished the manuscript for Conquering the Third Dimension, a discussion of the history of painting. It is not the usual kind of history of painting wherein the author discusses who painted what when. Instead it's a much-needed examination of the evolution of painting ideas and the implicit philosophical principles that guide every representational painter. In the history of painting, Conquering the Third Dimension is unique. Soon, I will begin to look for a literary agent and/or publisher."

Kicking Up Her Heels
A Pal Good & True
Mesmerizing Views
Arrival
Design for Spring
Poolside Chat
Pewter Pitcher
Ascent of Man
Central Park Lake
Mind Over Matter
The Greatest Invention
Tomorrow Today
Water Lilies
Beginnings
Thank You, Mr. Edison