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Mixed Media, Oil on Steel
Size: 22.5 W x 21 H x 1 D in
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ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Pentimento refers to visible traces of earlier paintings underneath a final painting. Sometimes these earlier layers are visible because the top paint has become more transparent over time. Sometimes earlier layers are seen with x-rays or other imaging. But always it refers to a part of the painting that the artist later covered up. With this series, I exposed the earlier layers myself, and had some surprises along the way. I don’t always remember every stage of a painting, and I often paint over completed paintings with something completely different. Seeing the choices I had previously made has me thinking about the sorts of choices I now make with my work. But there’s also an analogy to other sorts of histories in my life: people who have come and gone, things I’ve done that are now in my past, those loved ones who I miss every day. An alternate title for this series was Requiem, and they are, in a way, requiems to some sort of past.
DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
Mixed Media:
Oil on Steel
Original:
One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:
22.5 W x 21 H x 1 D in
Frame:
Patina
Ready to Hang:
Yes
Packaging:
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Barbara Downs
United States
Born in Virginia, Barbara Downs now lives in Santa Cruz, California. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Santa Cruz in studio art, focusing on traditional lithography on limestone. During this time, she made her living as a draftsperson, doing electro-mechanical drawings on vellum, and later in AutoCAD. Among other jobs, she did mechanical design and drafting for an early private rocket company. Her drafting background exerts an ongoing influence in her art, in ways both mundane and profound. When her daughter was born with serious and ongoing medical conditions, Barbara’s appreciation of life’s mysteries was greatly enriched; eventually she was able to turn her attention towards the inward experience created by such trauma and redemption. Barbara’s art now spans multiple mediums including painting, drawing, encaustic and sculpture. She has shown regionally, nationally and internationally. Her work is included in various corporate and private collections.
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