CK: What made you become an artist Barbara?
BL: As I was growing up, art was the only thing that seemed to give me an identity of my own. The school I attended didn’t even offer art classes in the curriculum!
CK: No art at school? That's unusual- I would have thought art was a basic part of all western school curriculums. How did you get into it then?
BL: Well, somehow, when I was young I got my hands on a set of pastels and started doing portraits. It made me feel good about myself.
CK: Your images are constructed using different processes but what inspires you to create an image in the first place?
BL: I get inspiration from ordinary situations. Somehow, they strike a chord in my subconscious and stubbornly stick there until I pry them out with paint, a camera or another tool.
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