[2] While at the Art Students League, Bohrod was influenced by John Sloan and chose themes that involved his own surroundings.

[2] He eventually earned Guggenheim Fellowships which permitted him to travel throughout the country, painting and recording the American scene.

Bohrod completed three commissioned murals for the Treasury Departments Section of Fine Arts in Illinois; Vandalia in 1935, Galesburg in 1938 and Clinton in 1939.

[3][8] In the 1950s, Bohrod developed the trompe-l'œil style of highly realistic, detailed still-life paintings which give an illusion of real life.

"Plastic fish, rubber ducks, broken dolls, toy soldiers, souvenirs of every sort find their way into and fill the compositions of Aaron Bohrod.