by Barbara Downs | Apr 27, 2017
We’re having a Spring Studio Sale at Mission Industrial Studios! Where: Mission Industrial Studios, 2573 Mission St., Santa Cruz When: May 6-7, 1pm-6pm Many of you have visited me at Open Studios, but this is not the same sort of event. My studio is currently...
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...
by Barbara Downs | Nov 7, 2013
I finally have my studio back in some sort of working order after Open Studios. I’d like to thank everyone who visited me during that weekend. I truly appreciate the conversations, comments, and questions. In case you thought you saw the natural state of my...
by Barbara Downs | Sep 22, 2013
My daughter took this panorama shot of my studio today, showing my preparations for the upcoming Open Studios. The photo is deceptive, it makes the space look like an L-shape, which it’s not. Although it is a large studio, it is not this huge! Come see for...
by Barbara Downs | Sep 21, 2013
…weighting the edges of a stack of paintings with art books. The danger in this method is that I get distracted with the books, and then I get lost in the books. And I certainly feel the weight of all that history!
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,...
