by Barbara | Feb 11, 2020 | All Blog Posts, My Thoughts About Art/The Business of Art, Paintings in Progress, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment, Uncategorized
I’ve always said I love the process of painting when the happy accident occurs. You can ask anyone who knows me—I’m not a great planner, hence the happy accident sometimes saves the day. When I start painting I work roughly from reference photos. The...
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 | 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...
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...
by Barbara | Jul 17, 2017 | All Blog Posts, My Thoughts About Art/The Business of Art, Paintings in Progress, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment, Uncategorized
It has come to my attention that a lot of people assume artists purchase their canvases already stretched and prepared from art supply stores. Many do and that’s just fine. But I don’t. One reason is because I often want to work in a non-standard size and...
by Barbara | Mar 9, 2016 | All Blog Posts, Paintings in Progress, Technical/Art Supplies/Equipment
All we were looking for were a few gardening tools during a recent visit to the Golden Goose, a local thrift shop. Didn’t find any. But I did stumble on an odd contraption—a former display kiosk made of clear Plexiglass with movable Plexi shelves on four sides....
