Christmas in July
I've been feeling a little uninspired and overwhelmed by papers and stuff, torn by needing to clear the decks and get rid of everything...
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Artist and Writer, Seeking the Sublime in the Everyday.
Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jul 22, 20213 min
THREE TRIPS THAT INSPIRED ME
I've been thinking about ideas and how they come to me and what I do with them. I can't remember who said this, "The muse doesn't t come...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jul 15, 20212 min
A Reader Writes Back
Remember how last week I said I'd make the great sacrifice of getting my orange juice from the grocery store in a cardboard container?...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jul 9, 20212 min
A Stamp for Yogi!
Are you rushing to your Post Office? As soon as I finish writing this I'm heading out to buy the Yogi Berra forever stamp. Look at that...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jul 2, 20211 min
Happy Independence Day
Here's the Star Spangled Banner! I went through all thirty volumes of my collage books to find what I did with the Stars and Stripes....
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jun 18, 20213 min
I Love Coffee
Ready for some unadulterated good news? Tuesday, in the New York Times, Jane Brody wrote; "Wake up to the Good News about Coffee." She...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jun 10, 20211 min
Loving Day and Pride
The world is opening up again and we're welcoming back the Pride Parade and the Evelyn Davidson Water Table at First Presbyterian Church....
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jun 8, 20212 min
An Invitation
I have a drawing in this show, and I'll be speaking about it at a Zoom event tomorrow at 7 ET! I hope you can come. Lost and Found: A...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jun 3, 20214 min
You're invited for a studio visit
I'd love to show you where I work. My studio was once our daughter, Jessie's bedroom, before that a nursery for Jessie and baby Sam. In...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
May 27, 20213 min
a good idea
Don't you love it when someone says, "You know what would be fun?" and someone else says, "Yeah, let's do it!" and they get a lot of...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
May 20, 20213 min
Serendipity and Synchronicity and Diligence
You know how when you learn a new word and suddenly you see that word wherever you go? Is that synchronicity? When I got the news that...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
May 13, 20215 min
Contemplating Loss and Joy through the Prism of our Favorite Beatles Songs
My work is currently in an online show titled Lost and Found on the New York Artists Circle website . "The New York Artists Circle...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Apr 15, 20213 min
Another Wonderful Artist, April 15, 2022
I’ve admired Linda Stillman's art since January, 2007 when her work appeared in the first Art at First Exhibit. "Daily Paintings:...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Apr 8, 20212 min
Thoughts on Color and an Update on a Work in Progress, April 8,2021
I recently read that the joy we feel at the coming of spring has a lot to do with the re-emergence of color, and that's what I've been...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Apr 1, 20215 min
Happy Passover and Easter, April 6, 2023
Today is good Friday and we're in the midst of Passover. This will be our second Easter and Passover in quarantine, and even though there...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Mar 25, 20212 min
A Work in Progress: Celebrating the Green, March 21, 2021
Last Monday, March 14, my friend, Lois, invited me to a Zoom St Patrick's party. the invitation said, Get your Green on for a Green...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Mar 18, 20214 min
Beauty Under the Street March 18, 2021
This morning I got my second vaccine shot and to celebrate I took myself on an Artist's Date. Not to a museum, but to the Subway. You...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Mar 11, 20211 min
Pink Balloons Day Please come to my Soiree tomorrow evening March 11, 2021
When I'm asked to briefly describe my work I say, "I draw architectural fantasies in pen and ink and populate them with animals, angels...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Mar 8, 20211 min
Here's your invitation--and the link
By now I hope you've read my post Pink Balloons Redux Redux and are eager to hear more about what I have to say about finding joy in the...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Mar 4, 20212 min
My First Forsythia! March 4, 2021
The first sign of Spring!! Is this early? Spring can't come too early for me. When I was little forsythia was one of my favorite words...
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