Former Boca resident Echo Chernik shows off some of her work. (Tanya Wade / pbpulse.com)

But she didn’t mind too much.

Chernik, who spent a few years in Boca Raton but now calls the Gulf-side town of Cape Coral home, designed posters for Connecticut Opera’s 2007-08 season. But her first run of 300 posters for the company’s production of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca began disappearing from stores around Hartford.

“We ended up having to do a second run,” says her husband and manager, Lazarus Chernik.

Chernik's poster for the Connecticut Opera's 'Tosca' -- many of her first run of posters went missing. (Courtesy Echo Chernik)

These days, Chernik, who is currently showing and selling her work at Florida SuperCon in Miami, is getting away from doing as much advertising and enjoying painting more personal works.

“It was about six or eight months ago that things started slowing down enough,” Chernik said. “Now I’m getting do my own pieces. I think I was the only one who was happy things were slowing down.”

Her works bring to mind the classic illustrations and paintings of early 20th century Czech poster artist Alphonse Mucha. Chernik said she loves the way the style has a certain flow.

“I like the organic nature of art nouveau,” she said, adding that even after leaving school, she found herself drawn to the style while working on home interiors: “I would enjoy the borders and details, and I found myself going that route.”

These days, circumstances are allowing Chernik, her husband and their two young daughters to take to the road and show off her personal works all over the United States.

“It starts in two weeks,” she said excitedly, rattling off the places the family will be going — Ohio, Los Angeles, Arizona and Chicago are just a few of the places they’ll be visiting. “We’ve got a little RV and my art and we’re ready.”

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