Q: What are your favorite subject(s) and media? (Question from “Arts Illustrated”)

Jun 12

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Barbara’s New York Studio

A: Here’s the short answer. I work exclusively in soft pastel on sandpaper, using self-invented pastel techniques that I have been refining for thirty-five years.  Since 2017, I have depicted authentic Bolivian Carnival masks that I encountered and photographed at the Museum of Ethnography and Folklore In La Paz.

Comments are welcome!

About barbararachkoscoloreddust

Barbara’s thoughts on art, the creative process, soft pastel, the inspiration she finds in travel, what it’s like to be an artist in New York, and other wisdom for artists as we travel our solitary and sometimes lonely roads.

Posted on June 12, 2021, in Bolivia, New York, NY, Pastel Painting, Studio and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.

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