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Barbara Stafford

Images

Evening
2007
Falling Light
2007
Deschutes
2005
Dordogne Valley
2005
Following the Sky
2005
Grace
2005
Point Reyes
2005
The Cape
2005
The Fen
2005
Verdant
2005
What I Remember
2005
White Bowl
2005
Beltrane Walk
Fruit Tree
Hagia Sophia
Little Boatman
The Edge of Evening

Exhibitions

Past

The Quiet

May, 2005

Statement

The chance to hold on to a moment that has been totally absorbing is something that my art gives to me. For these last nine months I have drawn from the memory of what it was to watch the dawn touch minarets and listen to the first call to prayer around Istanbul. I found the late afternoon light across the lane where women gather their tea harvest on the Black Sea. The heat, the scent of pine, the blue of the Mediterranean. The sensual experience of such a place gave new life to my work. I consider soft pastel a bridge between drawing and painting. The intensity of color and softness of the medium are satisfying - the shadow of a pine, the shimmering Turkish blue.

Bio

Education

Lewis and Clark College
University of Washington
Pacific Northwest College of Art

Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions

2007
"True Bearing," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2005
“Art Slate,” Condon, OR
“The Quiet,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2000
“Turkish Blue,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
“Physical Manifestations,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

1998
“Sunlight Following the Hand,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

1997
“Gallery Artists,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
“Art Slate '97,” Condon, OR, curated by Jane Beebe

1996
“Fire and Ash,” PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR.

1994
Library of Congress fall '94, “The Whole Wide World Pours Down: William Stafford Remembered.”

1993
OHSU “Connecting Earth and Sky,” with poetry by William Stafford.

Collections

Kaiser Permanente
KFS Corporate Collection
United States Library of Congress
Oregon Health & Sciences University

Awards

2005
Honorable mention, “ArtSlate,” Condon, OR

Projects
Card and book design: United Nations peace card.
Botanical illustrations.
Covers for books of poetry.