by Barbara | Mar 28, 2019 | Events & Exhibits
Showing my work with Autumn Rose’s abstract flower paintings in the beautiful Chandler Center for the Arts Gallery was a wonderful experience. The show was up from January 17-March 1, 2019. Many thanks to my husband James Cowlin for taking photographs that...
by Barbara | Jan 22, 2019 | All Blog Posts, Completed paintings, Events & Exhibits, My Thoughts About Art/The Business of Art
This photo by James Cowlin is a shot of my studio in action, with unfinished paintings on tables and on the easel in the foreground on the right side. Thank you to Jim for capturing scene. It’ll always bring back good memories of this period of intense creating....
by Barbara | Nov 26, 2018 | All Blog Posts, Events & Exhibits
Over the past year, I’ve been focusing on a new series “Askew” paintings of architectural details with a skewed perspective and my interpretations of colors and patterns in the interior and exterior images. So far I have completed 52 paintings of...
by Barbara | Nov 25, 2018 | All Blog Posts, Completed paintings, My Thoughts About Art/The Business of Art, Paintings in Progress, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment, Uncategorized
I’m guessing lots of people have never given a second thought to what happens after a painting has been finished, both to the artist and to the painting. For me, finishing a painting is like finishing a book. If I’m happy with it—I have to set it aside and...
by Barbara | Sep 14, 2018 | All Blog Posts, My Thoughts About Art/The Business of Art
I’ve been writing a blog for a long time. Perhaps I’ve never properly introduced myself. Below are the answers to interview questions for an article for the online magazine Voyage Phoenix—which describe my life in the arts in a short summary… My...
