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Q: You often speak about the Mexican and Guatemalan figures in your paintings...
A Chinese-influenced figure Barbara brought home from Mexico City in 1999. “Answering the Call,” 58″ x 38,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 2000 “Scene Fifteen: Living Room,” 26″ x 20″ soft pastel on...
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
Work in progress A: I am in the very early stages of a large pastel painting. I have never painted any of these figures before and they originated in different parts of the world. The bird (left) is...
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
Work in progress A: I continue working on a large pastel painting that combines some of my finds from Oaxaca and Mexico City, Kandy (Sri Lanka), and Panajachel (Guatemala). Comments are welcome!Filed...
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
Work in progress A: I am working on a large 38″ x 58″ pastel painting that depicts figures found years ago in Oaxaca and Mexico City. This painting doesn’t have a title yet. Comments are...
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Q: Why did you first decide to depict Mexican folk art in your work?
“Myth Meets Dream,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 47″ x 38″ A: As a Christmas present in 1991 my future sister-in-law sent me two brightly painted wooden animal figures from Oaxaca, Mexico. One was a blue...
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Q: What was the first folk art figure you brought back from Mexico?
Mask from Oaxaca A: In Oaxaca I bought a large carved wooden dragon mask with a Conquistador’s face carved and painted on its back. My intent was to depict the dragon in a subsequent “Domestic...
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Q: When did your love of indigenous artifacts begin? Where have you traveled...
Mexico City A: As a Christmas present in 1991 my future sister-in-law sent me two brightly painted wooden animal figures from Oaxaca, Mexico. One was a blue polka-dotted winged horse. The other was a...
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Pearls from artists* # 410
Mexico City *an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. Faced with the disparities between...
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Q: What country’s artistic style influenced you the most over the years?...
Barbara’s studio with some of her Mexican and Guatemalan folk art A: Undoubtedly, I would have to say Mexico. As a Christmas present in 1991 my future sister-in-law sent two brightly painted wooden...
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Q: What was the first New York gallery that represented your work and how did...
Exhibition Review A: My first (and still the best) New York gallery was Brewster Gallery on West 57th Street in what, in 1996, was the most important gallery district in Manhattan. By joining...
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Travel photo of the month*
The Cake Room at Pastelería Ideal, Mexico City *Favorite travel photos that have not yet appeared in this blog Comments are welcome!
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