Maine Arts Journal
My earliest muses were Milton Avery and Alice Neel. I loved their paintings and couldn’t look at enough of them. Then I was drawn to Matisse because of the way he broke up the horizon lines in his paintings. Then it was David Smith’s large sculptures, but his Medals of Dishonor really got to me.
Barbara Sullivan, Girl On a Line, shaped Fresco, 52” x 30” x5”, 1999
That work of Smith’s was the first work that made me understand the importance of message and content, beyond composition and color.
Barbara Sullivan, April in Paris, shaped fresco, 72" x 98" x 5", 2015, Jay York photo
BARBARA SULLIVAN
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