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When a Painting Finds Its Place
Some paintings don’t just get noticed — they get recognized.
Mona Leeza is one of those pieces. I once watched a couple return to it again and again, unable to walk away. Art chooses us as much as we choose it. This week, I wrote about that moment — when a painting finally finds its place.

Barbara Mosher
Nov 182 min read


The Blessing of Burnout
How stepping back reignited me. I took a year off. Not because I wanted to. But because I had to. Actually it was a bit more than a year. A year of re-evaluating, of giving myself the grace to step away. Asking myself what was I giving away, and did I want to continue. You see, there is a lot of pressure (granted much self-imposed) to produce quality art, to sell constantly and nowadays to devote countless hours to social media. I felt I had lost "color," which is my mojo

Barbara Mosher
Oct 292 min read


The Ritual of Looking: Living With Art Beyond Décor
That’s the beauty of living with art—it invites us into what I call the ritual of looking. Every day, the piece changes. Light shifts, mood shifts, even we shift. And in that shifting, a painting becomes something more than an object on the wall. To me, it becomes a living complexion. Complicated as it is simple. It becomes a mirror.

Barbara Mosher
Sep 201 min read
Punxsutawney Phil?
<p> I have missed having my studio open for visitors and participating and visiting art shows. This past year has been quite an adjustment and I sometimes feel like Punxsutawney Phil peeking my head above the ground wondering if it is safe to come out. I am writing this as the sun is shining outside […]</p>

Barbara Mosher
Mar 25, 20211 min read
Deep Roots
<p>Last night we had a windstorm like none I had ever been through before. I have been told that winds were gusting to 65 mph where I live. Remarkably, our house came through it unscathed, considering we live next to a dense forest and have very tall trees in our yard. With everything that is […]</p>

Barbara Mosher
Jan 15, 20211 min read
Go Big or Go Home
<p> I felt the need to paint even larger. I set out to buy 72″ x 72″ canvases.</p>

Barbara Mosher
Sep 28, 20201 min read
Style and Freedom
<p>I often struggle with the expectations that an artist have a body of work that is recognizably their “signature” style. Part of what I love about being an artist is the creativity to be unique and let myself explore and be free. The art world does not always favor this course of creativity…at least in […]</p>

Barbara Mosher
Jan 11, 20191 min read
It Always Stings
<p>In reality I am a thriving,recognized artist, living her dream. I have had plenty of acceptances, awards and applause. So don’t feel sorry for me, today I received a “Dear John” letter. In the art world that means a nice rejection letter for a submission to a show. A thanks, but no-thanks. It goes with […]</p>

Barbara Mosher
Dec 13, 20181 min read
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