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Pearls from artists* # 426
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 are talented and creative....
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Pearls from artists* # 429
“Vincent’s Books” by Mariella Guzzoni *an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. Vincent...
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Pearls from artists* # 449
Working *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 learned about the Japanese word...
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Q: How do you see art as a way to document the history and the customs and...
Tiwanaku, Bolivia A: Certainly, art from the past gives us clues about life in the past, but I believe it does more. It reveals our shared humanity. In one of my favorite books, Reclaiming Art in the...
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Q: How did your ebook “From Pilot to Painter” come to be? (Question from...
About Barbara’s ebook A: It was my longtime assistant, Barbra Drizin’s, idea and more than I’d care to admit, I was resistant. I said, “I am much too busy to write an ebook!” Barbra went on to...
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Pearls from artists* # 478
Julie Mehretu exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art *an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely...
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Q: How does art help you explore and understand other cultures? (Question...
Shadow self-portrait, Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India A: Art helps me explore and understand other cultures by revealing our shared humanity across space and time. For me art and travel are intertwined;...
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Pearls from artists* # 495
*an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. Murch: …There’s a wonderful quotation from...
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Pearls from artists* # 501
New York City * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. When I talk about “creative...
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Pearls from artists* # 504
Big Sur sunset Photo: Donald Davis * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. … if a...
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Pearls from artists* # 506
Museum of Ethnography and Folklore, La Paz, Bolivia *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* # 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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Q: What is your process? (Question from artamour)
Some of Barbara’s pastels A: For thirty-six years I have worked exclusively in soft pastel on sandpaper. Pastel, which is pigment and a binder to hold it together, is as close to unadulterated color...
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In celebration of the tenth anniversary of my blog (yesterday), I am...
Barbara’s Studio (in 2012) with works in progress. A: The three Big P’s – Patience, Persistence, and Passion. Without all three you will not have the stamina to work tirelessly for very little...
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Pearls from artists* # 525
“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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Pearls from artists* # 527
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. Vocation was originally a...
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Pearls from artists* # 528
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...
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Pearls from artists* # 529
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. All sorts of novelists,...
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Q: What advice would you give to a young artist with potential?
Barbara’s studio (since April 1997) A: I last answered this question in my blog more than ten years ago and I would say similar things now to what I said then. Be sure that you love your process...
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Q: Why do you sometimes depict the same subject matter twice?
“Trickster” (left) and “Sacrificial,” while the latter was in-progress A: It is fascinating to play around with scale. For starters, it helps demonstrate how my pastel techniques and my approach to...
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