by Barbara Downs | May 25, 2019
I finished this piece, Nothing But Blue Skies, some time ago, but I was so busy getting it finished and shipped to Venice for the European Cultural Centre’s Biennale show that I neglected to cover it in my blog at all. I’ll make amends now. Like a...
by Barbara Downs | Apr 13, 2019
Coming soon…and you’re all invited! I have 18 paintings included in The Very Very Rare Affordable Art Fair, a few of which can be seen here. There are many other artists as well, including Susana Arias and Jenni Ward, two of my Mission Industrial studio...
by Barbara Downs | Dec 30, 2018
Sometimes I think I’ve finished something and it turns out that I’m wrong. The longer a piece sits in my studio, the more chance there is that I will modify it at some point. This is especially true of paintings and encaustic because they are both...
by Barbara Downs | Feb 8, 2018
I have some work in the Take Aways show at Pajaro Valley Arts Gallery right now—I’ve been participating in this show for a few years, and I do a special series for it each year. Because all the pieces for this show are under $300, and the artists are expected to...
by Barbara Downs | Jan 26, 2018
There are plenty of barns in Iceland. And there is plenty of appeal for me in a barn: a long, low, simple building, a blocky shape dropped onto the landscape with little innate beauty. Its utility is not obvious from the outside, and any windows are placed too high...
