Today we’d like to introduce you to Monica Bosch.
Hi Monica, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstories.
I was born in Mexico City in a traditional family, I always loved to make things with my hands. So I grew up creating. For some reason, I was always getting in trouble and my mom would “punish” me with no TV or phone, in my room.
But that’s where the magic began… little did she know that my art supplies were there, so I had a blast while I was being “punished.” Then I started making the gifts I would give to my family and friends on Christmas and their birthdays because I wanted to make them something very special, somehow my instinct told me that the real gift was the intention and love you put into it.
And everybody really liked it, that was a step above my confidence on the creator ladder.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I believe that when you do what you love, the challenges you find become lessons learned. I am a true believer that nothing is pure chance, that everything happens for a reason that is taking us to our most uplifted version.
In my case, when it was time to go to college, and I told my parents that I wanted to go study art in Italy…they stopped me right there. They told me I had options A and option B both were very prestigious universities in Mexico City with the traditional schools of law, medicine, business, etc.
So I enrolled and studied International Relations, which I completely fell in love with. Knowing more about other countries and cultures gave me a great perspective of the world that I use in my everyday life, not only but throughout my college years, I got to live in France, and the US which was a magnificent opportunity to achieve a very open mind and a good level of tolerance, which little did I know back then, was going to become the foundation of my artistic work.
When I was done with college I landed a job in the Mexican Embassy in Bonn, Germany, and, although in my college years, I had put my artist dreams to the side (still made special gifts for the people I loved), the job at the embassy was to assist the culture and press attaché, and of course, it had everything to do with art. So there it was, my path was shown again. I got to visit the studio of many artists and got to know a lot of writers and singers, it was magical. Every day I learned something amazing.
It was in those days that I started visualizing myself doing the same, being happy creating beautiful things to make others’ lives and spaces better, more joyful, and happier. Then I got married and moved to Cancun, Mexico. Coming from a diplomatic career background it was hard for me to find a job that matched my interest in such a tourist city as Cancun. So, there it was, the Artistic path doorbell knocking on my door again. This time, I started creating big format abstracts for my house, I wanted to feel good about my new life, and I realized I could create it and put it on my walls. And so I did…
When people came to visit, they saw the art and liked it, soon I was being asked to paint for other people commissioned art, and the word spread, I was painting full time for hotels, galleries, and private collections. My marriage didn’t last long, but my daughter and I were able to make a very good living from me being an artist. I am so grateful for those years that thought me to trust and believe.
Years later love knocked on my door again, I met my husband and moved to San Antonio, TX to start a new family and a new life. That was hard. Starting all over again in a new country, with a new baby and without all the help we got to have in Mexico seemed at the moment like an impossible mission. However, the lesson I learned is that we are always in the perfect place at the perfect time. In San Antonio, I started a new chapter of my life and career, a lot of women asked me to teach them art and so I did, I started sharing my home studio with a little group of friends who wanted to learn how to paint.
It was a magical place because we created a community where we empowered each other. I feel truly blessed to have been part of the life of those amazing ladies. Seeing them go home proud of their creations, helping them realize that they were capable of creating whatever came to their minds, and have given themselves some “me time” was a big pay-off that I was not expecting and made me truly happy and proud. For almost 10 years the workshops were my everyday life, I also painted commissions for private collectors and painted murals throughout San Antonio’s schools.
In 2019, life gave us a surprise, my husband lost his job, and of course, such sudden news shook our lives, change was inevitable and we were surely not ready for it. Especially because we didn’t want to disturb our kids’ lives. But of course, that experience had big lessons for all of us. For me, the biggest lesson was to let go and let God. To understand that the bad things that happen in our lives have a hidden blessing and everything is part of a perfect divine plan.
My husband started a new job in St Louis, he moved in the summer of 2019, I decided to stay a little longer in San Antonio for my daughter to finish her senior year of high school and I could close my cycle with the creative workshops.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I started painting big format abstract paintings that had a very good welcome in the Caribbean modern homes and hotels. It was and still is a magnificent market for all artists and disciplines. I am blessed to have loyal and new collectors that constantly invest in my pieces and have been commissioning throughout these years.
With time, my art has become a lot more conscious and meaningful because I incorporate into it what I have learned throughout the “tough years”. Now every color, shape, and trace of my art has an intention of love in it. It has a piece of my heart and my soul. I have left the art that is “in style” to paint what comes from my heart. I feel that I am more connected with everyone and everything and want to be part of your journey sharing mine through my art.
I started painting anatomic hearts around the time I started feeling more connected with the Universe. It was like an instinct to try to share my findings of unconditional love and the ultimate power that comes directly from the heart, where the connection with divine love resides. I also enjoy tremendously painting angel wings, I mostly paint them for commissions when my client tells me how they feel an angelical presence around them and I paint what they tell me. It is truly magical.
One of my latest collections is called “Women of Faith” which wraps everything that has been my life for the last years… embracing my power as a woman, my connection to The Divine, through my faith, my love, and my heart. And everything I have learned about amazing women throughout history.
Ultimately, color is my thing, it takes me back to my Mexican Roots, to who I am deep down.
What was your favorite childhood memory?
Definitely the family trips. My parents always had some fun trip planned for every vacation we had. It was my favorite time of the year! I also remember with joy the days that I was “punished” those days gave me the most amazing ideas and my imagination gave me the tools to make them a reality.
Contact Info:
- Email: theboschartstudio@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laboschart/
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/monicaboschart/
