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Pearls from artists* # 77
Barbara’s studio * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. Current possibilities far...
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Pearls from artists* # 78
Barbara’s studio * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. To me, openings are never...
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Q: Do you have any advice for a young painter or someone just starting out as...
Studio A: As artists each of us has at least two important responsibilities: to express things we are feeling for which there are no adequate words and to communicate to a select few people, who...
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Q: How do you experience art in New York?
Lower Manhattan A: As a New York artist I am very fortunate to live in a city with a vibrant, exciting cultural scene. Simply put, art is in the air here and I take inspiration from everything...
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Pearls from artists* # 102
New York, NY * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. That a photograph is unlikely to...
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Q: In the “Black Paintings” you create a deep intellectual interaction and...
“The Storyteller,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 20″ x 26″ A: I’m sure you and other viewers will see all kinds of states of mind, like anguish, happiness, and everything in between. I think that’s...
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Pearls from artists* # 131
Self-portrait at an architect’s estate in Sri Lanka * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we...
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Q: Why do you call the small paintings in your “Domestic Threats” series,...
“Scene Thirteen: Bathroom,” 26″ x 20″, soft pastel on sandpaper “He Urged Her to Abdicate,” 58″ x 38,” soft pastel on sandpaper A: At first I didn’t know what to call them. I was looking for a word...
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Pearls from artists* # 151
“The Storyteller,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 20″ x 26″ * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we...
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Q: How do you think living in New York affects your work?
Lower Manhattan A: Arguably, life in New York provides an artist with direct access to some of the best international art of the past, the present, and probably the future. It is possible to see more...
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Q: Can you discuss your process, including how you actually use Mexican and...
A corner of Barbara’s studio A: When I set up the figures to photograph for a painting, I work very intuitively, so how I actually cast them in an artwork is difficult to say. Looks count a lot – I...
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