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What Goes Up Must Come Down

What Goes Up Must Come Down

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...
It Took a Year+, “Askew #101”

It Took a Year+, “Askew #101”

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...
Photo Essay—The Opening of My Solo Show at Eric Fischl Gallery, Phoenix College

Photo Essay—The Opening of My Solo Show at Eric Fischl Gallery, Phoenix College

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...
Creating a Very Large Painting—A Photo Essay

Creating a Very Large Painting—A Photo Essay

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...
My Big Announcement—I Was Awarded A 2019 Gottlieb Foundation Individual Artist Support Grant

My Big Announcement—I Was Awarded A 2019 Gottlieb Foundation Individual Artist Support Grant

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,...
“Organically Askew” at Chandler Center for the Arts: A Photographic Recap

“Organically Askew” at Chandler Center for the Arts: A Photographic Recap

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...
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