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Q: You have spoken about learning to fly at the age of 25. What airplanes did...
Cessna 150 A: I learned to fly at a small airport in Caldwell, NJ. Flying is expensive and since I didn’t have much money, I sought a job at Liberty Aviation, the local flight school, in exchange for...
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Q: You have written about how you came to your current subject matter, but...
Barbara’s studio A: Once I had achieved a high degree of technical facility with soft pastel, there was not much more to be gained from copying reality. Cameras do an excellent job of that so what...
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Pearls from artists* # 208
View from One World Trade Center * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. PC: In your...
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Pearls from artists* # 346
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. In my view… the most useful...
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Q: When did your love of indigenous artifacts begin? Where have you traveled...
Mexico City A: As a Christmas present in 1991 my future sister-in-law sent me two brightly painted wooden animal figures from Oaxaca, Mexico. One was a blue polka-dotted winged horse. The other was a...
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Q: What has been your biggest challenge so far?
“Us and Them,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 47″ x 38″ image, 60″ x 50″ framed A: On September 11, 2001, my husband Bryan, a high-ranking federal government employee, a brilliant economist (with an IQ of...
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Q: What country’s artistic style influenced you the most over the years?...
Barbara’s studio with some of her Mexican and Guatemalan folk art A: Undoubtedly, I would have to say Mexico. As a Christmas present in 1991 my future sister-in-law sent two brightly painted wooden...
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Q: What art project(s) are you working on currently? What is your inspiration...
Source material for “The Champ” (my first “Bolivianos” pastel painting) and “Avenger” A: While traveling in Bolivia in 2017, I visited a mask exhibition at the National Museum of Ethnography and...
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Q: Foreign travel has long been a significant aspect of your work. What are...
On Lake Titicaca, Bolivia A: For more than three decades my inspiration and subject matter have come mainly from international travel to remote parts of the globe. I daresay there is no better...
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Q: Contemporary art has become very diverse and multidisciplinary in the last...
Barbara’s Studio A: By definition trends in art come and go and I don’t see how any self-respecting artist can or should pay much attention to them. I continue to do my own thing, refining my soft...
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Pearls from artists* # 580
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. Love is the spirit that...
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