Barbara Downs

cleaning the studio...

...and other adventures in art

open studios

by | Oct 5, 2010

Open Studios is here again! I will be demonstrating encaustic throughout the day, and I always enjoy discussing any and all of my work with visitors. Am I ready? No, but I will be by Saturday. Here’s what my studio looked like at the end of the day today. As you...

three painters: figure + form

by | Sep 20, 2010

Another upcoming show, this time with my two painting partners, Claire Thorson and Tom Maderos. We’ve been painting together for several years, working from the model. This is our first time showing these paintings together. The show will be at Michaelangelo...

color! and more!

by | Sep 10, 2010

I’m finishing some paintings for an exhibit in November at Monterey Peninsula College.  The exhibit will be with two other Santa Cruz abstract figurative artists.  I’ll post more information about the show as I receive it. Here are some crops from the...

painting is a jealous mistress

by | Jun 7, 2010

  I’m going to be cantankerous and withhold The Daily Bird today so that I can write about painting instead.  And don’t think I don’t have the Daily Bird done.  Here’s a thumbnail, with a larger image coming tomorrow. I’m spending...