Pre-nap snack

 “Even, Bird’s Milk’’ (oil), by John Asimacopoulos, at the Guild of Boston Artists

John Asimacopoulos’s bio at the Academy of Realist Art, Boston, reads:

That he “started as a student at the Academy of Realist art in September 2015, after making the decision to switch from a medical career to pursue an artistic one. His studies did not go to waste though, as they gave him knowledge, and appreciation of the human body, especially through his study of clinical anatomy, which included dissection. John applied what he learned, and started teaching artistic anatomy, and figure drawing in 2018. He has won numerous awards, including two Art Renewal Center scholarships in 2017, and 2018, the John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Fund, as well as the Head Start Student Competition in 2017. He is currently working on the still life, and figure painting part of the program.’’

Long, lonely hours

“Night’’ (oil on canvas), by Leon Doucette, in the “2018 Regional Juried Exhibition,’’ at the Guild of Boston Artists, through Sept. 29.

Warm enough

"The Mink Stole,'' by Alberta Geyer, in the "2018 Members Juried Exhibition,'' at the Guild of Boston Artists, through June 2.

Ignorance is bliss

"Know Not Thy Pending Fate,'' by Christina Mastrangelo, at the "New Members' Exhibition'' at the Guild of Boston Artists.

Boston at dusk

  Painting by SAM VOKEY, at the Guild of Boston Artists.

The quintessence of Boston Common in the winter -- beautiful, in its way, but also forbidding.