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Q: What’s on the easel today?
Work in progress, 58″ x 38″ A: Today is a day off to let my fingers heal. When I start a new painting, I need to rub my fingers against raw sandpaper in order to blend the pastel. With each layer...
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Q: To be a professional visual artist is to have two full-time jobs because...
No computer in sight A: With social media and other new ways of doing business, managing it all is getting more difficult every day. Bear in mind that I say this as someone who does not have the...
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Q: How important is the feedback of your audience? Do you ever think about...
Painting, subject, reference photo A: I can’t say that I think at all about audience reaction while I’m creating a painting in my studio. Although, of course I want people to respond favorably to the...
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Q: Please speak about how the three pastel paintings series that you have...
“The Orator,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 38″ x 58″ A: The Black Paintings series of pastel-on-sandpaper paintings grew directly from an earlier series, Domestic Threats. While both use cultural...
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Q: In the “Bolivianos” series you are exclusively depict masks. What drew you...
Source material for “The Champ” A: For me a mask is so much more than a mask. It is a living thing with its own mind, its own soul, and with a unique history. With this series I feel as though I am...
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Pearls from artists* # 364
“White Star,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 38″ x 58″ * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are...
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Q: Can you tell us about the different series of work you have created and...
Barbara’s studio with work in progress A: The Black Paintings series of pastel-on-sandpaper paintings grew directly from an earlier series, Domestic Threats. While both use cultural objects as...
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Pearls from artists* # 372
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. Artists will, in their long...
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Q: What makes you drawn to face masks?
“Raconteur,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 58” x 38,” in progress A: For me a mask is so much more than a mask. It is almost a living thing with its own soul and with a unique history. I always wonder,...
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Pearls from artists* # 563
“The Enigma,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 26” x 20” image, 35” x 28.5” framed *an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the...
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