by Barbara Downs | Mar 4, 2021
I’ve finished these pieces for the Pajaro Valley Arts Take Aways: Art to Go! exhibition, April 7 – May 23. More details will be available on their website soon regarding visits to the gallery, but this fundraising show is always full of a huge variety of...
by Barbara Downs | Feb 18, 2021
I’m painting birds again. I’ve drawn and painted plenty of birds before, and written about it too, notably with The Daily Bird. The most salient point I’ve made about birds is that they are one of the few wild animals with which we interact on a...
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 | 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 | 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...
