Q: Would you speak about your first trip to Mexico?
With an amate tree at Chalcatzingo A: In the early 90’s my late husband, Bryan, and I made our first trip to Oaxaca and to Mexico City. At the time I had become fascinated with the Mexican “Day of...
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Catalogue of Matisse’s late work A: I admire the work of many artists, but if I have to choose only one then I’d say Matisse. Whenever there is a Matisse exhibition in New York, I try to see it at...
View ArticleQ: I have been always fascinated with the re-contexualizing power of Art and...
Barbara’s studio A: Certainly personal experience is an indispensable and inseparable part of the creative process. For me art and life are one and I suspect that is true for most artists. When I look...
View ArticleQ: When did your love of indigenous artifacts begin? Where have you traveled...
Mexico City A: As a Christmas present in 1991 my future sister-in-law sent me two brightly painted wooden animal figures from Oaxaca, Mexico. One was a blue polka-dotted winged horse. The other was a...
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Barbara’s studio with some of her Mexican and Guatemalan folk art A: Undoubtedly, I would have to say Mexico. As a Christmas present in 1991 my future sister-in-law sent two brightly painted wooden...
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