I’m honored to be chosen by the Vasari21 website’s Ann Landi, founder and editor, to be featured in the “Under the Radar” series article about artists who are worthy of notice but have slipped through the cracks. Take a look and find out about me and my trajectory in the arts at: https://vasari21.com/barbara-kemp-cowlin/ Styles of […]
O-A: What is art to you? Is creating an urge, necessity or something else for you? Barbara Kemp Cowlin: Art is an integral part of my life. From the time I was a young child I’d be overtaken with the need to create something from nothing. Sometimes I had a clear picture of what I […]
I’ve always said I love the process of painting when the happy accident occurs. You can ask anyone who knows me—I’m not a great planner, hence the happy accident sometimes saves the day. When I start painting I work roughly from reference photos. The 24″x24″ painting below was started last May From initial washes, I […]
Barbara Kemp Cowlin is an acrylic painter who creates images of details of architectural spaces with a skewed perspective and fanciful colors. She lives and works in Oracle, Arizona, USA, painting in the studio located adjacent to her home. Her drive to capture the ephemeral magic of shifting light and shadow, reflections and the illusion […]
