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Q: How did you happen to have a photograph published in The Wall Street Journal?
Sun Tunnels by Nancy Holt A. That is a long story. To get far away from New York for the ten-year anniversary of 9/11, my friend, Donna Tang, and I planned a two-week road trip to see land art...
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Pearls from artists* # 129
Chalcatzingo, Mexico * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. A painter friend of...
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Q: How many studios have you had since you’ve been a professional artist?
Barbara’s studio A: I am on my third, and probably last, studio. I say ‘probably’ because I love my space and have no desire to move. Plus, it would be a tremendous amount of work to relocate,...
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Pearls from artists* # 194
“Epiphany,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 38″ x 58″ * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are...
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Pearls from artists* # 369
Central Park, NYC * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. Salieri wrote a memoir of...
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Pearls from artists* # 445
Artists at work… our documentary film crew! *an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. My...
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Pearls from artists* # 461
Whitney Museum of American Art *an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. I must not eat...
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Q: How did your ebook “From Pilot to Painter” come to be? (Question from...
About Barbara’s ebook A: It was my longtime assistant, Barbra Drizin’s, idea and more than I’d care to admit, I was resistant. I said, “I am much too busy to write an ebook!” Barbra went on to...
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Pearls from artists* # 493
Our documentary film crew *an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. Professional...
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Pearls from artists* # 502
Mount Greylock, Adams, MA * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. It seems to me that...
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Q: This portrait has an interesting story. Can you explain? (Question from...
“John,” Soft Pastel on Sandpaper, 22” x 26” (image), 1989. A: “John” was one of several portraits I made of friends in 1988-90 to build up my portfolio for the portrait company I worked for when I...
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