The Creative Life - Barbara Trovillo

Two weeks before Thanksgiving, I saw a posting by an artist I follow named Sergio Gomez about an exhibition he was curating featuring Self Portraits.  You should check him out on Instagram. He does very interesting large abstract figurative work. I like his paintings very much. He is also a mentor of folks coming up in the art field.    My curiosity was peaked. Even though I had never painted a self portrait, I decided to enter the competition. Unfortunately, the deadline was just 7 days away! There was no time to waste.    I chose to paint into an existing background. It was a [...]

  A River View (Work in Progress) I have so many ideas for paintings, I don't know where to begin!!   Be Like a Postage Stamp. Stick to one Thing until you get There. Josh Billings   The painting above is inspired by a photo I took of a spot on the James River in Richmond. I liked the shapes created by the branches and reflections. It is definitely not finished.   What a busy week it has been here. We got home from Charleston on Monday. It is always a scramble to catch up whenever we go away. One of the biggest things I had to do was to [...]