I am happy the composition that emerged in this painting. I painted on raw canvas and I think the novelty of the experience slowed me down and kept me from overworking it. I was surprised that the painting became about texture. The brush strokes did not readily stick to the raw canvas and this gave a dry brush effect. I thought it was going to be more poured stains and look like watercolor. I will now seal the back and the front of the canvas to keep it from shifting in color.
 | "Soft Landing", acrylic on raw canvas, 25"x 39"
Carol H. Barber © 2017 |
This painting, Pink Notes, spoke to me in new ways. I find the process of collage so satisfying and an inventive way of working. I have been trying to bring that way of working into painting. This painting has some collage added to it and it has a history of layers but still retains some of it's initial thin washes. This is the first time I thought of shapes not just coming together to construct something but expanding apart and still relating to each other. I love finding those relationships and to me this is visually composing. I have very limited musical knowledge but this process and painting feels like visual music to me. Notes (or shapes) hanging in the air, expanding and leading to another.
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Pink Notes, 12” x 24”, acrylic and collaged paper on canvas, Carol H. Barber©2017 |
 | Sweet Secrets, 8” x 10”, acrylic and collaged paper on paper, Carol H. Barber©2017 |
Here are some closer pictures so that you can see these beach inspired paintings a little better. I love Golden acrylic mediums, they can alter the paint to be fluid, creamy, transparent or grainy. Perfect for capturing the feeling of the ocean.
 | Surf and Sand, 18" x 24", acrylic on canvas
© Carol H. Barber 2017 |
 | Catch a Wave, 16" x 12", acrylic on canvas
© Carol H. Barber 2017 |
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Go to the Ocean 18” x 24”, acrylic on canvas, Carol Barber©2016. |
Hello Google Search World,
I stopped keeping this blog two years ago, about the time I allowed myself to go nonrepresentational in my art. I have grown so much towards art of which I can be truly proud. It is still a journey and new things to strive towards everyday but I love the path that I am on. I caught a glimpse of my art in a google search today and WHAT? Nothing new in two years!?? I have been active on Instagram and my Wordpress but not here. So does that mean I don't exist in the Google world? I guess so. Now let me start working to get you caught up Google. I am going to post some favorites from the last two years and see what happens. Thank you for an interest in my work, I would enjoy hearing from you. Art is my lifelong passion.
Carol Barber
 | | The Other Side, 16" x 20", acrylic on canvas, Carol Barber © 2016. |
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