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Q: Would you talk about how the Judas figures you depict in your pastel...
Some Judases A: Here’s a good explanation from a website called “Mexican Folk Art Guide”: “La quema de Judas or the Judas burning in Mexico is a celebration held on Sabado de Gloria (Holy Saturday)....
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Pearls from artists* # 321
Museum of Ethnography and Folklore, La Paz, Bolivia *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* # 468
Barbara’s Studio *an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. Why does art elicit such...
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Pearls from artists* # 483
Behind the scenes of our documentary. Photo: David De Hannay *an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely...
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
Work in progress A: I’m working on a 58” x 38” pastel painting that is number 20 in the ”Bolivianos” series. It does not yet have a title. The mask depicted is a Supay. From Wikipedia: In the Quechua,...
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Pearls from artists* # 529
Barbara’s Studio * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. All sorts of novelists,...
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Pearls from artists* # 540
“Wise One,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 58” x 38,” in progress *an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely...
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Q: Can you explain how your current work relates to Jungian archetypes?
In progress: “Wise One,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 58” x 38” A: Here’s an example. The passage below is from Carl Jung: Knowledge in a Nutshell by Gary Bobroff. The Wise Old Man or Woman is a figure...
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Pearls from artists* #571
The Studio *an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. To put it simply, but accurately,...
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Pearls from artists* # 576
In progress: “Shadow,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 26” x 20” *an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely...
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Pearls from artists* # 581
With recent “Bolivianos” *an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. The essence of style...
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