HOW TO WORK WITH THE MATRIARCHS with painter Barbara Campbell Thomas | SEAMSIDE: Exploring the...

In this SEAMSIDE conversation, Barbara and I explore:
① the value of a regular sketchbook practice (even if you don’t draw)
② what even is abstraction
③ how you can detect your matriarchs at work
Barbara Campbell Thomas had a long-established painting practice when, about a decade ago, her mother bought her a sewing machine. Little did she know, but that gift provided her the perfect missing piece to her creative practice.
What draws me to Barbara’s work is the balance between tautness and texture. Her stretched and pieced canvas quilt works pushes back an “all or nothing” perspective on genre. Her work is naturally generative and generous, creating expanses for so much.
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you always ask questions that elicit what feels truest about the work