The clock’s ticking, so let’s get right to that list of life goals: 1) swim with dolphins, 2) read Encyclopedia Britannica, 3) own a Jeff Fichera painting.

Um. Jeff who?

The name may not ring a bell, but just you wait. Fichera, a Massachusetts College of Art graduate, has staked his claim on freeze-framing Boston life.

You may have spotted him and his easel along the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, the Esplanade — maybe even in your parking space. Fichera captures the nuances of speeding taxis, snow-covered sidewalks, and tulip-filled flower beds with oil, watercolor, and pencil.

This modern-day Edward Hopper will even capture your private piece of Boston — from the Charles River view out your living room window to the flower boxes dotting the front of your townhouse. It’s realist art reflecting your world. Get it?

And speaking of reality, do you honestly think that you’re ever going to read the encyclopedia? Now that’s abstract.

Jeff Fichera paintings (617-441-8181 or ficherapaintings.com).