cleaning the studio...

...and other adventures in art

passages, at curated by the sea

I’ve been working for a while on a new series titled Pentimento, which you can see in more detail here.  Almost as soon as I started these pieces they were destined for a two-artist exhibition with my good friend (and amazing artist!) Susana Arias,  ...

urban birds, the complete boxed set

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...

urban birds

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...

a pandemic project

I started this blog post several weeks ago about a project I’m doing in response to the pandemic, but that was before California caught on fire and we had to evacuate.  Back home again, I’m also back to this project, so it’s a good time to finish the...

sempione news

Many thanks to Mauro Bianchini, who wrote an article for the Sempione News about my piece Making My Own Paradise, currently on display at Palazzo Mora in Venice Italy: Sempione News: Mauro Bianchini on Barbara Downs Making My Own Paradise Before I say more, I just...