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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: I just got home from my first painting experience… three hours and I am...
Barbara’s studio A: The short answer is that I absolutely love making art in my studio and on the best days I barely even notice time going by! Admittedly, it’s a hard road. Pursuing life as an...
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Pearls from artists* # 81
“Poker Face,” 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* # 82
“The Sovereign,” 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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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* # 99
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. I think there are two very...
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Q: How long does it take you to complete a pastel-on-sandpaper painting?
Barbara’s studio A: Mine is a slow and labor-intensive process. First, there is foreign travel to find the cultural objects – masks, carved wooden animals, paper mâché figures, and toys – that are my...
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Pearls from artists* # 106
Road delay, Arizona * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. Yet even I, who track the...
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Pearls from artists* # 111
Perkins Center for the Arts, Collingswood, NJ It is very difficult to describe the creative experience in such a way that it would cover all cases. One of the essentials is the variety with which one...
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Q: Can you talk a little bit about your process? What happens before you even...
Barbara in Bali (far right) A: My process is extremely slow and labor-intensive. First, there is foreign travel – often to Mexico, Guatemala or someplace in Asia – to find the cultural objects –...
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Q: Last week you spoke about what happens before you begin a pastel painting....
Beginning a new pastel painting A: I work on each pastel-on-sandpaper painting for approximately three months. I try to be in my studio 7 to 8 hours a day, five days a week. I make thousands of...
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Q: I have been always fascinated with the re-contexualizing power of Art and...
Barbara’s studio A: Certainly personal experience is an indispensable and inseparable part of the creative process. For me art and life are one and I suspect that is true for most artists. When I look...
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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* # 124
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. You give yourself a creative...
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
Work in progress A: I am in the early stages – only 3 or 4 layers of pastel applied so far – on a large pastel painting with the working title, “He and She.” The figures are two favorites – a...
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Q: Do you have a daily artistic practice?
Studio entrance A: In one way or another I suppose I do. Of course, I don’t go to the studio six days a week like I used to, but I generally work five days, about seven to eight hours per day. When...
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Q: How do you know when a series has ended?
“A Promise, Meant to be Broken,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 58″ x 38″ A: I suppose it’s when there is nothing left to say within a particular body of work. The urgency to add something I haven’t...
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Pearls from artists* # 140
“Big Wow,” 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: Is it possible to sum up your creative practice in seven words?
“Motley,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 38″ x 58″ A: Steadily striving to become a better artist. Of course, others determine how successful we have been in this regard. Comments are welcome! Filed...
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Pearls from artists* # 143
“Intruder,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 26″ x 20″ * 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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