by Barbara Downs | Aug 31, 2013
Although I’ve been spending most of my time on the large figurative paintings, I am still working with bird imagery and other pieces based on the natural world. I just finished this drawing, Heron Double-Take. Thank you, Susana Arias for this LARGE sheet of...
by Barbara Downs | Aug 30, 2013
With Open Studios a month away, this is probably the last of the big paintings that I will complete for the time being. This painting went through the most drastic changes of any of this series. It hung on my wall for several months in a very different iteration,...
by Barbara Downs | Aug 16, 2013
I am fortunate to be working in a warehouse complex with a wonderful group of artists and craftspersons. This year, we have eleven artists participating in the Santa Cruz County Open Studios, showing a wide variety of artwork. We’ll all be open on October 5 and...
