He painted mostly frescoes, many of which were destroyed in the earthquakes that afflicted Messina in 1783 and 1908. He also painted ten highly admired large canvases in 1682 for the Cathedral of Messina, now also lost. Among the few remaining paintings by Bova in Messina are: the "Martyrdom of San Placido" and "Death of St Benedict" in church of Santa Maria Maddalena; "St John Evangelist" in Chapel of Palazzo Reale; a "Virgin with Saints Benedict and Bernard" in church of the Monastery of Sant’Anna; and "Vergine Addolorata and St John" now in Museo Regionale di Messina.