FENS GARDENS

The subject painting is of the Fens Gardens off Huntington Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. The painting is of a scene in the late summer. "The Fens," as locals call it, is near the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The Fens had numerous spectacular gardens. A long lily padded pond with multicolored koi fish, and an arched bridge were nearby. I do recall, as a young boy, this garden in the painting was off to the right after crossing a foot bridge. The original painting preceded my youthful experience of the late 1950s, probably 1958 or 1959, by two or three decades. Still, this is how I remember the garden. The original oil painting was by Elenore P. Barth, which is in such dis-repair and faded colors that I decided to repaint the subject in my own style using modern vibrant colors and paints.  The original artist, Elenore P. Barth, or E.P.B signed on the original.