/Heather Barros
Heather Barros
Ricardo Barros
In Conversation
photograph, digital print and pastel (with Heather’s oil paintings pictured)
27″ x 34″
2024
Heather had the concept of my photographing an ’empty’ space in our home, which she would paint or draw on the print. I discovered beautiful light raking across our dining room table and casting a chair shadow onto the wall. This raking light echoed that of her oil painting of a chair, also on the wall. I digitally removed a flower vase on the table, and she replaced it with a pastel drawing of Queen Anne’s Lace. Her pastel rendering claimed the original vase’s shadow as its own, creating an additional layer of our conversation through artwork.
Heather Barros
Can
oil on wood
8″ x 6″
2023
I just moved to Fitchburg! I’m looking to meet artist friends to paint with.
Heather Barros
Butternut Squash/Nutmeg
Inspired by: David Seltzer, Sea Salt/Lemon Sage
oil on canvas
20″ x 16″
2024
David Seltzer, “Sea Salt/Lemon Sage”: I didn’t taste the lemon and salt nor smell the sage until I read this title. Now, I can’t undo those sensations. They come back every time I see this image. For me, the white shape within the yellow rectangle alternates between concave and convex. In my kitchen, something seemed familiar when I placed cut squash into a rectangular pan. My colors and forms matched his but in an unexpected way. I knew I had to paint it. I named my piece “Butternut Squash/Nutmeg.” With a nod to David Seltzer, I never added the nutmeg.