by Barbara | Mar 27, 2023 | All Blog Posts, Events & Exhibits, My Thoughts About Art/The Business of Art
I received the 2023 Arizona Commission on the Arts Research and Development Grant to, yes, research and develop my idea of transforming my “Askew” series of paintings (see “Askew” gallery) into sculpture. Having virtually never done any 3-d...
by Barbara | Feb 8, 2022 | All Blog Posts, Events & Exhibits, My Thoughts About Art/The Business of Art
There’s a lot that goes on both before and after an art exhibition. Naturally first the artist needs to make the work. Then there are the submissions to apply for shows. Yeah, a show is booked. The date for installation arrives. The show is packed up and taken...
by Barbara | Apr 9, 2021 | Events & Exhibits, My Thoughts About Art/The Business of Art, Paintings in Progress
It took over a year to create “Askew #101″ at 8’x8′, a lot of paint, a lot of sweat and blood (maybe a few tears). As I went along I tried to document my progress. Sometimes I skipped months at a time but overall I did pretty well in taking the...
by Barbara | Oct 29, 2019 | Events & Exhibits
My exhibition “It’s All Askew: Spatial Transformations” at the Eric Fischl Gallery, Phoenix College, AZ has come and gone but the photographs live on…Many thanks to my husband, photographer James Cowlin for being on the job during the opening...
by Barbara | Aug 15, 2019 | Events & Exhibits, My Thoughts About Art/The Business of Art
I started my “Askew” series several years ago as an experiment, using 10″x10″ panels. Gradually I increased the size, each time wondering if my concept would hold up. It did and I continued to increase the size. Below I’m prepping...
by Barbara | May 29, 2019 | Events & Exhibits, My Thoughts About Art/The Business of Art
Part of my routine for the business part of my art practice is a group of annual grants for which I apply. The application submissions come out at various times of the year and I track these on my calendar. For each submission, there’s a flurry of writing,...