by Barbara Downs | May 24, 2010
This piece seems to be the strangest thus far in terms of composition. It feels off-kilter to me. And the image itself is quirky. It’s probably not that clear here (you have to come to the show!), but the underlying photo, shot in a natural history museum, is of...
by Barbara Downs | May 23, 2010
I do more than birds! Really! I’ve been focusing on encaustic birds in these posts because I have to produce 50 pieces in 50 days, on the theme of ‘still birds’, for the Sanchez Art Center’s 50-50 Show. But I also do painting and sculpture....
by Barbara Downs | May 23, 2010
by Barbara Downs | May 22, 2010
I’m not sure that this one is finished yet. Sometimes the wax and the panel get too hot to work and it’s best to just set it aside for a while. I’ll pick it up again in a few days.
by Barbara Downs | May 21, 2010
I’ve never done penguins before. They don’t even qualify as birds using my criterion of “ask a person what a bird does and they will answer, ‘fly'”. But, here they are. I like the abstract compositional qualities of this piece. These...
by Barbara Downs | May 20, 2010
