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Pearls from artists* # 412
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. The obstacles faced by women...
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Q: What kind of art do you create?
At work A: I live in the West Village in New York City and have been a working artist for thirty-four years. I create original pastel paintings that use my large collection of Mexican and Guatemalan...
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Pearls from artists* # 428
View from Isla del Sol in Bolivia * 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 its...
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Pearls from artists* # 482
One of Viscarra’s masks at MUSEF La Paz *an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on....
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Pearls from artists* # 511
My paternal grandparents, left * 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 do not need...
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Q: There are so many instances in the art world where paintings are...
Start of “Acolytes,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 38″ x 58″ “Acolytes” finished A: For the record, a little-appreciated fact about my pastel-on-sandpaper paintings is that they can never be forged. To...
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Q: With so many soft pastels to choose from, do you have a way of organizing...
Barbara’s Studio A: The arrangement of my pastels evolved organically. I keep them in their original trays. My oldest pastel sets are closer to the easel and the newest ones are the furthest away....
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Pearls from artists* # 583
In the Studio Photo: Susan Erlichman *an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. Let’s...
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Pearls from artists* # 585
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. Improvisation, composition,...
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Pearls from artists* # 598
“The Enigma,” 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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Q: How do you persist despite the haters, nay-sayers, etc.? (Question from...
Barbara’s Studio A: There are so many obstacles to art-making and countless reasons to just give up. When you really think about it, it’s amazing that great art gets made at all. So why do we do it?...
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