Art Matters — My Stuff

If you're not sure, mix it up ;-)

Barb Toland My Stuff

I've been living with a dual creative personality for a long time now. What, you might ask, is that? (Welll of course I made it up!) Basically, it's when you love the heck out of multiple mediums, and are trying to figure out how to creatively exist while being "torn between two lovers" so to speak...

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A new encaustic piece ... "Venus de Milo: Shattered"

Barb Toland My Stuff

Oh, I had such an amazing weekend - and a pretty great week to follow! I hope yours was just as fabulous:) After lots of sneezing (and yes, moaning) last week, I was able to ditch the cold just in time to get to work on my new encaustic/mixed media Venus de Milo piece that I'll be sharing with you today...

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A new painting! "Picasso's Palette"

Barb Toland My Stuff

So this is all about a chair that lives in a plexiglass case in the Musée Picasso in Paris. It's not just any chair, it's the one Picasso used to hold various pots & containers of paint when he was working in his studio. I was totally floored when I saw it, knowing it was actually THE palette Picasso used...

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A new painting ... "Alla Prima Poppies"

Barb Toland My Stuff

All month now we've been talking about well-known & loved artist, Bob Ross. Last week I specifically talked about a painting technique called "alla prima" which Bob used for all of his painting adventures. This week I will share with you an alla prima piece I recently created...

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"Ode to Monet" encaustic piece

Barb Toland My Stuff

Some of you are aware that in addition to this pair of water lily paintings - I've also been diligently working on a 20" x 24" encaustic piece as an ode to Claude Monet's over 250 water lily paintings, AND it is headed to The Art Cellar gallery here in Greenville very soon...

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