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Q: What’s on the easel today?
“The Ancestors,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 58″ x 38″, in progress A: I’m putting in details on “The Ancestors.” At this stage I am doing very meticulous work and progress is difficult to see in...
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Pearls from artists* # 107
“The Ancestors,” 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...
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Q: You often speak about the Mexican and Guatemalan figures in your paintings...
A Chinese-influenced figure Barbara brought home from Mexico City in 1999. “Answering the Call,” 58″ x 38,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 2000 “Scene Fifteen: Living Room,” 26″ x 20″ soft pastel on...
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Q: Were there any other artists in your family?
“The Ancestors,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 58″ x 38,” 2013 A: Unfortunately, I have not been able to reconstruct my family tree further back than two generations. So as far as I can tell, I am the...
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Start/Finish of “The Ancestors,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 58″ x 38″
Preliminary charcoal sketch on white drawing paper. The white bits are masking tape joining small sheets of paper together to make one that’s 60″ x 40″. Finished and signed, lower left Comments are...
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
“A Long Goodbye,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 26″ x 20″ A: I am putting finishing touches on a small pastel painting called, “A Long Goodbye.” It’s a smaller, cropped version of a larger piece...
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Pearls from artists* # 234
“The Ancestors,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 58″ x 38″ * 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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Pearls from artists* # 241
“The Ancestors,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 58″ x 38″ * 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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Start/Finish of “The Ancestors,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 58″ x 38″ image,...
Beginning Finished Comments are welcome!Filed under: Art Works in Progress, Black Paintings, Creative Process, Pastel Painting, Working methods Tagged: "The Ancestors", beginning, finished, pastel,...
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Pearls from artists* # 308
“The Ancestors,” 70” x 50” framed, in 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...
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
“The Ancestors,” in progress A: I’m continuing to work on a 58″ x 38″ pastel-on-sandpaper painting that I started some weeks ago. It’s working title is “The Ancestors.” Comments are welcome!
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