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Q: How do you know when a pastel painting is finished?
“Big Wow,” soft pastel on sandpaper A: During the several months that I work on a pastel painting, I search for the best, most eye-popping colors, as I build up and blend together as many as 25 to 30...
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Q: Please speak about your background as a Naval officer and aviator and how...
The studio yesterday A: At the age of 25 I got my private pilot’s license before spending the next two years amassing thousands of hours of flight time as I earned every flying license and rating I...
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Q: How would you define art?
Barbara’s studio A: At its core all art is communication. I personally believe that without the component of communication, there is no art. The expression of human creative skill and imagination...
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Pearls from artists* # 102
New York, NY * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. That a photograph is unlikely to...
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Q: Another interesting series of yours that has impressed me is your recent...
West 29th Street studio A: That is a great question! You are correct that my palette has darkened. It’s partly from having lived in New York for so long. This is a generally dark city. We famously...
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Q: Can you tell us about the different series of work you have created and...
Barbara’s studio with work in progress A: The Black Paintings series of pastel-on-sandpaper paintings grew directly from an earlier series, Domestic Threats. While both use cultural objects as...
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Q: Can you give us your current elevator pitch?
Discussing Bolivian masks with Nika, Photo: David De Hannay A: Here it is: I am a New York visual artist, blogger, and author. For thirty-four years I have been creating original pastel-on-sandpaper...
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