IN MEMORIAM: BARBARA SIMMONS: THE MOST TALENTED ARTIST WITH WHOM I’VE EVER HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING!

  Some of you may be aware of the fact that I have had the pleasure & responsibility of teaching ART for about 43 years to probably thousands of students! There is ONE ARTIST who stands out amongst all of these many many students, (I feel uncomfortable even calling her a “student” because I have learned so much from her!)  This marvelous and extremely gifted artist is Barbara Simmons.  Barbara began her ART exploration as a painter and evolved into a sculptor/mixed media artist.  Her work demonstrates a uniqueness, freedom, humor, joie de vivre & a willingness to experiment reminiscent of other times before ART became so commercial! Indeed, Barbara works for herself alone in a dazzling & devoted labor of pure love!I 

I hope that you will enjoy the examples below of some of the visual joy produced by a truly talented ARTIST! 
*All pieces are mixed media.
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The beautiful ARTIST Barbara Simmons left this earthly world yesterday, Oct.12, 2018.  I can only hope that she might be somewhere where she can continue to create wonderful ART....who knows...


With Love & Admiration
Rivian

Barbara Simmons

Barbara In Process

In Process
                                                                               

Barbara Next To Her Sculpture

The King With His General

                                                                               

                                                                             

Barbara Using The Door Handle Her Son Forged 

Barbara Next To Her Sculpture

THE ART OF PARIS-A VISUAL FEAST PART 3

I want you to share my excitement when I took these pics of "my" Paris & some of the marvelous Art that we saw!
Comments are welcome!
Rivian

Canal Saint Martin

Paris In The Rain

Art Wherever You Look

Black Dolls, Maison Rouge

Love @ Beauborg

@Cafe Pouchkine

Behind Palais de Tokyo

Stairway @ Palais de Tokyo

The Teacher (me) Listening To the other Teacher, Musee d'Art Moderne
photo credit: Hans Butikofer

Eugenie Kupka

Eugenie Kupka

Hans & Moi

Saint Eustache from Beauborg

Pain de Paris

Breguet-Sabin metro stop 

A lovely Day @ Jardin du Luxembourg

Klimt light show, Atelier Des Lumieres

Klimt light show, Atelier Des Lumieres
  

THE ART OF PARIS-A VISUAL FEAST, PART TWO

The Kiss, Cafe Beaubourg

Window, Rue Beaumarchais

Dejuener, Pont Saint-Michele

Jim Dine, Centre Pompidou

Jim Dine, Centre Pompidou

Jim Dine, Centre Pompidou

Sheila Hicks, Centre Pompidou

                                                                             
                                                             

Anita Molinero, Palais de Tokyo

Anita Molinero, Palais de Tokyo

Marc Chagall, Centre Pompidou

Ah! Paris

Le Marais

THE ART OF PARIS-A VISUAL FEAST, PART ONE

Ernest Hemingway said that "Paris Is a Moveable Feast" It is is also a "Visual Feast"! Lucky me, I just returned from such a "FEAST" & I am going to share some with you! Hans, my Husband & I try to go to Paris every year and we have done so since 1990.  (I left in 1988 after having been fortunate enough to have lived in this beautiful place for two years)! If you do a search for Paris on this Blog. you will see some of my previous posts.
I hope that you enjoy the past photos & the ones on this post that express the love I have for the "City of Light"! All Photographs are by me unless titled by 
Hans Butikofer
I would appreciate any comments that you'd like to leave.
Warm Wishes,
 Rivian 

Wall, Le Marais

Lia Rodriques, Maguy Marin

Ceija Stojka, Auschwitz

Ceija Stojka, Auschwitz

Wall, Le Marais

Wall, Le Marais

Tour Eiffel

Hans & Rivian, Cafe Pouchkine

Hans with Anselm Kiefer

                                            Anselm Kiefer

Rivian with Anselm Kiefer, photo Hans Butikofer

Exhibition, Black dolls

Black Dolls

Black Dolls

Bridge In the Rain, Hans Butikofer