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Q: How would you define art?
Barbara’s studio A: At its core all art is communication. I personally believe that without the component of communication, there is no art. The expression of human creative skill and imagination...
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Pearls from artists* # 158
“Dichotomy,” 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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Pearls from artists* # 161
Whitney Museum * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. It is the artist’s innate...
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Q: As an artist what would you say is your particular ‘superpower’?
Barbara’s studio A: I have been told that it is my unique way of composing images or, in other words, how I deliberately move the viewer’s eye around the picture. More exactly, it’s the way I combine...
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Q: Would you speak about the meaning of your work and the different materials...
About half of Barbara’s pastels A: It is as difficult to explain the meaning of my art as it is to interpret the meaning of life! I am invested in and concerned with process: foreign travel,...
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Q: I especially enjoy your “Black Paintings” series. You mention being...
“Between,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 20″ x 26″ A: In 2007 I finished the Domestic Threats series and was blocked, certain that a strong body of work was behind me. But what would come next? The idea...
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Pearls from artists* # 466
“Between,” 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 are on....
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Pearls from artists* # 491
Barbara’s studio with work in progress *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 look...
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Q: How do you account for your intense compositions? (Question from Robin...
“Majordomo,” Soft Pastel on Sandpaper, 20″ x 26″ Image, 28.5″ x 35″ Framed A: If I do say so, composition is something I’m known for. During the months I work on them, I devote many hours to looking...
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Pearls from artists* # 541
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. The artist has to make the...
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Q: 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...
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