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I made a mistake and this week's post will come at 7:15 this evening. So Sorry! August 19, 2022
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Artist and Writer, Seeking the Sublime in the Everyday.
Barbara Swanson Sherman
Aug 12, 20223 min
Everything Broke Down at Once
Last week the refrigerator and the vacuum cleaner broke down irrevocably and a leak sprung in the bathtub which will necessitate tearing...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Aug 4, 20222 min
Blue Works in Progress
When I call my work on the Houses of Blue a work in progress I have to say progress is a relative term. I'm proceeding very carefully,...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jul 28, 20222 min
Rest In Peace, Claus Oldenburg
Last week we said good-bye to Claus Oldenburg, and artist whose work fills me with delight-- an interesting combination of serious and...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jul 21, 20223 min
Happy Birthday, Leo
Happy Birthday to all born under the sigh of Leo. Does it look like the lions are quarreling? I did this drawing thinking that I would...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jul 14, 20223 min
Two Writers I Love--Both Named Anne
I read Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird years ago and I still go back to it for comfort and fun. It's a memoir, a faith journey, and a very...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jul 7, 20222 min
I'm Going Back to School
In the past year I've participated in several art shows, and I want to thank my friends who organized and curated them, and either...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jun 23, 20222 min
Finished! Well, Almost
Almost done with the Blue House--at least I've gotten to the roof line. I've read that the custom in building a house is that when the...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jun 17, 20222 min
Something Blue
Last week I said I would try something in blue and here it is, as a work in progress. It's a blue house, based on a picture of an antique...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jun 10, 20224 min
Another Artist I Love and a Nice Surprise
I'm a month late for his birthday but today I celebrate Maurice Sendak, one of my early idols, author of some of my favorite books,...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jun 2, 20223 min
Whales and books
I've been thinking about whales-- I'm not sure why. I remembered this drawing that I came upon in a magazine back in the days of my...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
May 26, 20222 min
A Revered Teacher
This week we say goodbye to Knox Martin, painter and beloved teacher at the Art Student's League. He was ninety-nine. Do you know this...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
May 19, 20222 min
A Beautiful Lady
I'm embarrassed that I live in the greatest city in the world but don't pay enough respect to what it has to offer. I can see the Empire...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
May 12, 20222 min
An Upcoming Anniversary
Next Tuesday will be my mother's birthday and also mine, as I was born on her twenty-first birthday. When I think of myself at...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
May 5, 20222 min
Lightning and Inspiration
I thought I had run dry as I sought inspiration for this week's blog. I wanted to write about Faith Ringgold and her retrospective...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Apr 28, 20223 min
Remembering my Dad
This Wednesday was my Dad's birthday. This is one of my favorite pictures, taken around 1943, probably by my grandmother; my Uncle Dave,...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Apr 21, 20222 min
Today is Earth Day
The first Earth Day in 1970 was also the day I enrolled at the Art Students League so this is a big anniversary for me. In 1970 we knew...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Apr 14, 20222 min
Do You Like My Hat?
One of life's greatest pleasures is holding a small child in your lap and reading a story. As thrilling as it is when they start to read...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Apr 10, 20221 min
Barbara of the Day: Babs Reingold
I'm taking this chance to let you know about one of the Barbara's I told you about in my Saint Barbara Project! Venezuela-born American...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Apr 7, 20222 min
April is Poetry Month
I love poetry but I love it in my own time; I want it to kind of flit across my field of vision and catch me by surprise, Like Walt...
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