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Q: Is there an overarching narrative in your photographs with Mexican and...

Untitled chromogenic print, 24″ x 24,” edition of 5 A:  Maybe, but that’s something for the viewer to judge. I never specify exactly what my work is about for a couple of reasons:  my thinking about...

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Q: What have you learned about the people of Mexico through your travels,...

A corner of the studio A:  It didn’t take long to become smitten with these beautiful people.  It happened on my first trip there in 1992 when Bryan and I, along with busloads of other tourists, were...

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Q: Can you speak about what draws you to the Mexican and Guatemalan figures...

Shop in Panajachel, Guatemala, Photo: Donna Tang A:  I search the markets and bazaars of Mexico, Guatemala, and elsewhere for folk art objects – masks, carved wooden animals, papier mache figures,...

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Q: Why do people need art in their daily lives?

  With Ida Bagus Anom, Mas, Bali; Photo: Donna Tang A:  That is for each person to decide, but as someone who devotes every waking moment to my work and to becoming a better artist, I cannot imagine my...

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Q: Can you talk a little bit about your process? What happens before you even...

Barbara in Bali (far right) A:  My process is extremely slow and labor-intensive.  First, there is foreign travel – often to Mexico, Guatemala or someplace in Asia – to find the cultural objects –...

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Q: What’s on the easel today?

Work in progress A:  I am in the very early stages of a large pastel painting.  I have never painted any of these figures before and they originated in different parts of the world.  The bird (left) is...

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Q: What’s on the easel today?

Work in progress A:  I continue working on a large pastel painting that combines some of my finds from Oaxaca and Mexico City, Kandy (Sri Lanka), and Panajachel (Guatemala). Comments are welcome!Filed...

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Q: The imagery used throughout your work evoked glimmers of childhood...

Barbara and Tomas in Panajachel A:  I don’t really see my iconography as sinister, although I know some people do. I search the markets and bazaars of Mexico, Guatemala, and elsewhere for folk art...

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Q: What more would you wish to bring to your work?

Tile worker in South India A:  I tend to follow wherever the work leads, rather than directing it.  I have never been able to predict where it will lead or what more might be added. Travel is essential...

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Q: When did your love of indigenous artifacts begin? Where have you traveled...

Mexico City A:  As a Christmas present in 1991 my future sister-in-law sent me two brightly painted wooden animal figures from Oaxaca, Mexico. One was a blue polka-dotted winged horse.  The other was a...

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Q: How does art help you explore and understand other cultures? (Question...

Shadow self-portrait, Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India A: Art helps me explore and understand other cultures by revealing our shared humanity across space and time. For me art and travel are intertwined;...

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