Pearls from artists* # 513
At Riverfront Art Gallery, Yonkers, 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. … you...
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Barbara’s New York 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. I made a decision a...
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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. There are so many good reasons to...
View ArticleQ: What makes you feel most alive?
Morning in Udaipur, India A: Making art makes me feel alive, using all my gifts, my brain, my heart, and my hands to create something that never existed before and that can never be duplicated;...
View ArticleQ: Can you explain how you choose colors? (Question from Maria Cox via...
“Overlord,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 58” x 38” A: I am wild about color! As I work to create a pastel painting, I apply a color, back up from my easel to see how it interacts with and affects the...
View ArticlePearls from artists* # 548
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. We who work in the arts are...
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Alexandria, VA *an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. One of the main differences...
View ArticleQ: Many of the world’s cultures have a mask tradition. Is there something...
Bolivian Carnival Mask A: My subject matter emerges directly from my travels. I visited Bolivia in 2017. What I especially liked then – and now – about Bolivian Carnival masks, is that they include...
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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. One of the main differences...
View ArticlePearls from artists* # 579
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. An empirical fact about our lives...
View ArticleQ: What do you like most about being an artist?
Entrance to Barbara’s studio A: I love walking into my studio in the morning, knowing that I will spend the day doing what I love, using all my talents, skills, and experience to solve whatever...
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