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...
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 | Dec 12, 2016
I’m excited to have been selected as one of the participating artists at stARTup Fair LA at the end of January 2017. Click on the image below to go to their website for more details. I’ll be showing pieces from my Iceland/Ísland series as well as other...
by Barbara Downs | Mar 11, 2015
Another Iceland drawing (see this post for the first two). This one, though done with drawing materials, feels like a painting to me. As is usually the case, the scale of these drawings seems important to me, so here is the obligatory studio shot with my yellow...
