Q: Why do you always work in series?

Screenshot of “Bolivianos” on my website


A: I don’t really have any choice in the matter.  It’s more or less the way I have always worked so it feels natural for my creative output to unfold in series.

Art-making comes from a deep place.  It’s a way of making one’s time on earth matter.  Working in series mimics the more or less gradual way that our lives happen, the way we slowly evolve and change over the years.  Life-altering, “A-Ha” moments happen, certainly, but seldom do we wake up drastically different – in thinking, in behavior, etc. – from what we were the day before. 

Working in series feels authentic.  It helps me eke out every lesson my pastel paintings have to teach.  With each completed piece, my ideas and my creative process are able to progress a step or two further. 

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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 City, and other wisdom for artists as we travel our solitary and sometimes lonely roads.

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