Barbara Groh

THREADS, Denver Westword review

barbara — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:16:25 +0000

Irene Delka McCray and Barbara Groh. Sandra Phillips has stocked her namesake gallery with the work of solid talents. The current show, Threads: Irene Delka McCray and Barbara Groh, is a case in point, putting together pieces by an important Denver artist (McCray) and those of an artist who used to live here (Groh). McCray, whose work falls into the contemporary-realist category, is an influential teacher who has spawned a virtual school of followers. In these latest paintings and drawings, she essentially abandons the figure — her former signature subject — and replaces it with elaborate and breathtakingly detailed depictions of drapery. Groh’s work, mostly in the form of drawings, is completely abstract, but somehow works well with the McCrays. A set of mixed-media pieces that use clay as though it were watercolor are gorgeous. Also interesting are the fragments from an installation she did some years ago at MCA Denver, in which automatist lines in graphite were applied to paper. Through February 25 at the Sandra Phillips Gallery, 744 Santa Fe Drive, 303-573-5969, www.thesandraphillipsgallery.com.

THREADS January 2012

barbara — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:48:54 +0000

I am exhibiting new mixed media pieces on paper at The Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver CO.

“Threads” also includes drawings and paintings by Denver artist Irene Delka McCray. The show opens January 13, 2012, and continues through February. For more images and information, log on the Sandra Phillips Gallery, and sandraphillipsgallery.blogspot.com.

My Dirt Work, Prints, and Mediation Lines have grown from my life and studios in Sweden and Brooklyn. I thread landscape, seascape, natural materials, and thoughts into tangible forms expressing a certain language of topography, nature and intuition. Check it out!

New York Studio 2011

barbara — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:38:02 +0000

In January 2011, my Brooklyn studio production began with a series of acrylic sketches, “Wind Chimes”.

I’m beginning to learn the ropes of navigating the city, finding the best sources for materials, and meeting wonderful, inspiring people, mostly artists! My inspirations continue from Sweden and take a firm place in the city landscape. It is the best of both worlds.

Christmas Greetings from Sweden

admin — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:13:40 +0000

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

May your heart be filled with love!
Peace, Barbara

Nytt land för kärlekens skull

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:59:01 +0000

Internationell konst på Ripagården

Konstärinnorna Barbara Groh-Wahlström och Amy Metier på Radio Båstad.

Nytt land för kärlekens skull

Dagens Bjärebo är en amerikansk konstnär som efter att ha träffat sin blivande make på ett flygplan under 11 september-attackerna bestämde sig för att flytta till Bjäre…

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International art at Ripagården

Konstärinnorna Barbara Grohe-Wahlström and Amy Metier on Radio Båstad.

New country for love’s sake

Barbara is an American artist who, having met her future husband on an airplane during the September 11 attacks, decided to move to Bjäre…
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2009 News

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:26:40 +0000

I have experienced one of life’s more serious passages. In 2006, Per, my husband of one year, was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, a deadly form of brain cancer. He lived until September 7, 2007, when he died peacefully in my and his daughter Sara’s arms.

Only now have I returned to my studio, focusing inward to feelings that have a life of their own, listening to the sounds of my drawing, and watching the emergence of images. I am recapturing the familiar while I breathe each breath as new. I strive for presence, for magic, for real.

My new drawings and paintings reflect nature, natural phenomena, meditations, and silence, with a little music thrown in the mix. I will open my home and studio in August 2009 in Bjäre Halvön, for an exhibition of my recent work. It’s good to be back!