by Barbara Downs | Nov 2, 2016
I am thrilled to be included in the current exhibit at the UCSC Arboretum, Art in the Arboretum: Color. It’s a beautiful exhibit in a gorgeous setting. I love the experience of spying a sculpture off in the distance through the foliage, and, as I walk towards...
by Barbara Downs | Apr 25, 2016
I’m thrilled to be a part of this fabulous show at the Pajaro Valley Arts Council Gallery. Many thanks the the gallery and curators for putting together such an exciting and vibrant show. I was pleased to learn that my two assemblage sculptures made with...
by Barbara Downs | Jan 18, 2016
If you’ve read this blog over the past year, you’ll know that I’ve been doing some pieces based on the Iceland landscape. I’ve never blogged about why I started working with that landscape to begin with, and, as a side note, why I haven’t posted since October 2. It...
by Barbara Downs | Oct 2, 2015
On the eve of Open Studios (tomorrow and Sunday! 11am-5pm!), I’m thinking about my work that’s hanging in my studio and what all the connecting threads are from one series to another. With that in mind, here is the statement that I wrote for a recent...
by Barbara Downs | Sep 28, 2015
RR Jones photographed some of my work the other day, both new pieces as well as older drawings that I had never had photographed. Here is Ron, photographing something new, amidst the drawings now hanging for Open Studios. And here are a few of the photographs he...
