Artist/Author Barbara Garro, says: Givers amaze recipients with art gifts and personalized art guarantees all smiles and never a return. Everybody likes gifts that speak to who they are, so personalized art works, especially for the hard-to-please who want nothing, need nothing, and mostly see gift-receiving as building their storehouse of clutter. Mark Smith says, “Art elevates the human spirit in a way that nothing else does. It changes people’s lives, one experience at a time. It’s not really a product; it’s basically an emotional...
read moreShe jumped up as soon as she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She said: “How is my little boy? Is he going to be all right? When can I see him?” The surgeon said, “I’m sorry. We did all we could, but your boy didn’t make it” Sally said, “Why do little children get cancer? Doesn’t God care any more? Where were you, God, when my son needed you?” The surgeon asked, “Would you like some time alone with your son? One of the nurses will be out in a few minutes, before...
read moreArt Teacher, Barbara Garro, says, If you want your child to grow up well-socialized with great problem-solving and organization skills, begin exposing them to drawing as early as they can hold a drawing instrument.” Garro, who did her Master of Arts thesis on how children learn, says, “I had allergies and asthma as a toddler that kept me in bed a lot until I turned eight. The only entertainment technology in the 1940s was a large, wooden radio that usually stayed in the living room. Read or draw were my options. I copied the cartoons out...
read moreSir John Gilbert said, “a room with pictures and a room without pictures differ nearly as much as a room with windows and a room without windows; for pictures are loopholes of escape to the soul, leading it to other scenes and spheres, where the fancy for the moment may revel, refreshed and delighted. Pictures are consolers of loneliness, and a relief to the jaded mind and windows to the imprisoned thought; they are books, histories and sermons–which we can read without the trouble of turning over the leaves.” When you have...
read moreAs An artist and a writer, I study all the time the masters in those fields, those who struggled and won. Why? Because I am still struggling and need their tools to win. I recently read Charles Webster Hawthorne on Painting, collected by Mrs. Charles. W. Hawthorne with an Introduction by Edwin Dickinson, an Appreciation by Hans Hoffman, and Biographical Notes by Joseph Hawthorne, his son. Here are the forty tools I gleaned from Hawthorne’s tips to help his students create more masterful paintings. In working to understand these forty...
read moreBad communications bring busy people to their knees. You’re busy, your clients, students, prospects, suppliers, vendors, lenders and everyone you deal with on a daily basis are busy. Quickly picking up on the best way to communicate with each person can save you huge amounts of time. Garro’s Personality Detective System (PDS) is all about knowing people as well as you know how to paint. Knowing you are good at what you do won’t make others easy to get along with unless you know their preferred style of doing business. PDS...
read moreHalf of this oversize red leather bound Liber Novus (New Book) is devoted almost half to C.G. Jung’s Oil and Watercolor fantasy painting out of his awake conscious explorations. Although the first half of the book with the majority of the paintings is in German, the second half of the book is in English. I can tell you I was in heaven looking at these original Psyche Paintings of Jung for the first time. I hope you will let me know what you think when you get hold of this book. If you are an artist, it is a must buy! Autobiographical Liber...
read moreIn June of 2010, at a New York publisher’s picnic, I handed a publisher who loves poetry 500 of my poems in a leather binder I brought with that exact intention. Bold? Brave? Brazen? Maybe a bit of all of them. Still, it worked. The publisher had never gotten such what he called “wonderful leather book of poetry” from an author. He called with an unique idea to combine my poetry with my paintings, because he believes that all creativity within each person comes from the same source. What that means to this art and poetry book...
read more“What I dream is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of trouble or depressing subject-matter, an art which might be for every mental worker, be he businessman or writer, like an appeasing influence, like a mental soother, something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue.” Henri Matisse, Notes of a Painter, 1908 Well over a hundred years before I was born, Henri Matisse spoke to the art I intend to create. When I paint, and I work on only one painting at a time, the painting and I engage in a...
read moreHaving anyone rip my art across one side and up the other feels terrible while it is happening. I learned something valuable from the last time, so I share the story hoping it can help every artist, since every artist is vulnerable to criticism of their art. After painting two themed watercolors and having them framed as a pair, I approached a store owner where I thought my paintings would compliment the ambiance there. The owner took them on consignment. When I visited the store to see where my paintings were hung, the owner asked me if...
read morePicasso said, Painting is a lie that tells the truth. With a new book out From Jesus to Heaven with Love: A Parable Pilgrimage and my experiments with my painting, I certainly have had to look at lies and truth a lot lately. For example, how much truth comes packaged as cruel-sounding criticism when I look at mostly negative reviews of my latest painting? How much is Newton’s Law of Physics? I can tell you, I sure did appreciate the man who bravely said he liked the painting despite all the other criticism. Of course, when I put...
read moreI began my ten year book project From Jesus to Heaven with Love: A Parable Pilgrimage with this thesis question: What Keeps People Intimidated by Bible Text? which brought up more questions– How Can I Motivate Readers to Read and Understand the Pure and Timely Words of Jesus? What Version of the New Testament Could Help Me Do That? What Format Could Make My Book a Thinking and Doing Journey? How Could I Allow Each Reader to Become a Co-Author of My Book to Get Jesus’s Messages in 33 Parables That Reach Them Where They Struggle...
read moreMy book From Jesus to Heaven with Love: A Parable Pilgrimage came out May 1, 2010 by ebooksonthe.net and I have attached a cover sample, which contains my painting, Jesus, Lord, a watercolor. The publisher is ebooksonthe.net and the book can be ordered directly with a $6.95 price. The soft cover will be out in late fall 2010 and will be published by Cambridge Books. This book’s research actually spans 60 years and covers 33 of Jesus’ parables in an easy-to-read format that allows for personal spiritual growth. The target audience...
read moreArtist/Author Barbara Garro, says: Givers amaze recipients with art gifts and personalized art guarantees all smiles and never a return. Everybody likes gifts that speak to who they are, so personalized art works, especially for the hard-to-please who want nothing, need nothing, and mostly see gift-receiving as building their storehouse of clutter. My commissions are always gifts. What is extra-special about giving an art gift is the joy the giver gets in choosing, going through the process if a commission, and the building excitement before...
read moreCall me the luckiest artist on the planet, living in Saratoga Springs, New York, where the best of the best horse racing takes place in July and August. Every morning from 6:30 a.m. until 10 a.m., I get to place my sketching pad on a large trash container just the right height with my box of chalk and I just sketch away. Are they masterpieces? Hardly. But, they are exciting fleeting images. Imagine watching horses of every color and as high as seven hands high, handsome and beautiful, shined to sparkle like new cars, not an ounce of fat on...
read moreLong ago, painters painted religious images to live somewhere in a particular light, setting and atmosphere. Today, I create to seek and find a heart to love each painting. Sometimes the loving heart is my own. My paintings feel like they are my children and I care about the homes they go to live in. Every once in a while, an image and I bond so tightly, I must keep it. Like Matisse, I believe I keep my best paintings for myself. If you visit: http://www.BarbaraGarro.com at any given time, you can see my latest works and recognize that my...
read moreSir John Gilbert said, “a room with pictures and a room without pictures differ nearly as much as a room with windows and a room without windows; for pictures are loopholes of escape to the soul, leading it to other scenes and spheres, where the fancy for the moment may revel, refreshed and delighted. Pictures are consolers of loneliness, and a relief to the jaded mind and windows to the imprisoned thought; they are books, histories and sermons–which we can read without the trouble of turning over the leaves.” When you...
read moreElectric Envisions is looking for artists who are pushing the envelope, developing new styles, dreaming of creating a new “ism.” What’s in it for the three artists who are chosen as the best received? Up to three artist chosen as the top artists will be featured with their images in a monthly GARRO Talk E-Newsletter that can be viewed at http://www.ElectricEnvisions.com. Submit Entries Before Deadline: August 31, 2014 How to Enter: Send at least a 5×7″ hard copy of the image that can be scanned to: Barbara...
read moreTHE SHACK bestseller has an amazing image of Sarayu’s Garden that is really–whoops–shouldn’t give that away…. Why did I paint Sarayu’s Garden? Easy, I am an artist and I could. Why would you want to see the painting? If you have read THE SHACK, you will be curious to see how one artist depicted Sarayu’s Garden. You can see SARAYU’S GARDEN on my website: http://www.BarbaraGarro.com. And, and this is an important “and” for my artistic journey, you will see two new spiritually-themed...
read moreArtist/Art Advisor, Barbara Garro, says, “When you view an original painting, you get everything the artist had to give.” Clients often ask me about the pros and cons of buying original art and copies, and I respond with a question, which art do you believe holds the artist’s energy? Abstract Synchronism Creator Garro, believes that original art fascinates, because the artist’s body/mind/spirit energy created it. Garro invites naysayers to, “Ask anyone who has seen the original ‘Mona Lisa.’ Time and...
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