ABOUT THE ARTIST

A WORD FROM THE ARTIST

After I graduated from Hartford Art School with a BFA in 1970, I set out for the western adventure.

I had no idea what I wanted to do artistically. I only knew I wanted to do it in the Southwest and so

I headed out with my carving tools and a journal to the mountains and deserts.

I found myself living on a farm in Colorado, learning to raise animals.

I began drawing some little animal characters as if they were living my life.

They seemed to be doing a good job of it and so they developed a life of their own and traveled all

over in search of fun.

In these paintings, I try to create pictures that imply that each one has been lifted from an album.

The stories are for you to finish writing as you find parts of the images that speak to you.

After thirty-eight years, these creatures still return to their fascination with the Southwest,

which never seems to run out of arenas for activties and places to make memories.

They are still out there experiencing the small and wonderful, simple, everyday mysteries that make up the

unforgotten tidbits of life.

In recent years , I have been enjoying painting with glazes on ceramic tile and have been reproducing my

watercolor paintings as notecards and prints. Now I have made my work available as printed ceramic tiles

which are made here in my studio.

I hope you find some of your own story in these images.

Carolyn Barford

Web Site www.starstudio.8k.com