Conrad's oil painting is distinct in its passion for color, its celebration of light and its somewhat impressionistic approach. It whispers the influence of the study of her favorites, both past; Sorolla, Sargent, Degas, and present; John Asaro, Pino, James Reynolds, Mian Situ and others.

In the year 1987 Bonnie found herself standing before a beautiful painting saying "I think I could do this if I just had time". (A conversation she had had with herself countless times since she became irreversably hooked on her first oil painting class in 1973). Of course, there had been many visits to galleries and museums, hours of study, several more workshops and even a little painting in between moving every four years with her husband's work ...