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Juggling Everything

Juggling Everything

by Barbara | May 10, 2018 | All Blog Posts, Completed paintings, My Thoughts About Art/The Business of Art, Uncategorized

The life of this artist (and most artists) is a jumble of activities. In order to get my artwork out into public spaces and on the internet (in other words marketing my paintings), I spend my mornings on the computer researching and writing. An ongoing (for the past 5...
Cohesive Exhibition or Not?

Cohesive Exhibition or Not?

by Barbara | Jan 9, 2018 | All Blog Posts, Completed paintings, Events & Exhibits, My Thoughts About Art/The Business of Art, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment

I’ve got a solo show coming up oh-so-soon (the month of February and to be exact the show is at Rancho Linda Vista Gallery in Oracle AZ, reception February 10th, 1pm-5pm). Having plenty of new paintings for the show isn’t a problem. What to put in/not put...
2018 Flowers and Water Calendar!

2018 Flowers and Water Calendar!

by Barbara | Nov 13, 2017 | All Blog Posts, Completed paintings, Events & Exhibits

I’ve been doing a lot of experimenting this past year both with subject matter and with painting techniques. In addition to continuing to work on my Painting Water series, I’ve created additional paintings for the newer Bloom series of whimsical flower paintings....
Experiments!

Experiments!

by Barbara | Sep 22, 2017 | Completed paintings, Events & Exhibits, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment, Uncategorized

I’ve been doing a lot of painting experiments over the summer—having fun going out on a limb & trying new materials, new subject matter, new ways of applying paint. On that note, I took a chance and decided to create something (wasn’t sure what) for...
Opening at the Casa Grande Art Museum

Opening at the Casa Grande Art Museum

by Barbara | Jan 14, 2017 | All Blog Posts, Completed paintings, Events & Exhibits

What a great group of people to work with at the Casa Grande Art Museum—they really created a nice opening for me with catered food, drinks, music and the publicity to draw a crowd of people to the event—what could be better? Many thanks to the friends who made the...
A New Calendar for the New Year!

A New Calendar for the New Year!

by Barbara | Dec 5, 2016 | All Blog Posts, Completed paintings, Uncategorized

This is the second year that I’ve produced a calendar of my paintings, perhaps the start of a brand new tradition. It contains the images of 14 paintings, all created in 2016. This keeps me on my toes since it means I need to make at least 14 paintings during...
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