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Pearls from artists* # 37

Self portrait, White Sands, NM * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. Certainly the...

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Q: Does your work have an overall message?

Barbara’s studio A:   Maybe there’s an overarching message, but that’s something for viewers to judge. I generally don’t like to specify what my work is about because my thinking about meanings evolves...

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Q: Why do you prefer not to explain your titles and imagery?

“Truth Betrayed by Innocence,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 58″ x 38″ A:  It’s mainly because answers close down imagination and creativity.  I enjoy hearing alternative interpretations of my pastel...

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Pearls from artists* # 181

“Epiphany,” 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* # 316

Central Park, NYC *an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. Works of art are of an...

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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: You are a multi-talented woman! Tell us about your book, “From Pilot to...

“From Pilot to Painter” A:  I am pleased that my eBook FROM PILOT TO PAINTER is available on Amazon and iTunes.  It is based on my blog and is part memoir, including my personal loss on 9/11, insights...

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Q: Do you have a favorite art book?

Favorite art book A:  Since I have quoted numerous passages from it on Wednesdays in “Pearls from artists,” it should come as no surprise that I am enamored of “Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice: A...

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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* # 542

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. Observing these objects and...

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