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Fall on the Mesa
October 24, 2024 - As the weather cools off and the colors change it seems to get busier in the studio. The Grand Mesa Arts and Entertainme...
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I think spring is finally here
April 13, 2024 - Believe it of not, it has been really busy - again. This year is passing way too quickly. I have been painting, although...
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SEASON'S GREETINGS
December 19, 2023 - Goldilocks and the three bears sing Noel for us as we wind down 2023. My daughter has been on a bear 'kick' and a lot of...
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A Note
February 14, 2023 - I posted the recent work I've done. Valentine's Day is here and I can say I'm loving the art I'm making right now. It's...
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Summer ending
September 08, 2022 - I've had an interesting summer here. My painting has been random and geared to my own interests, mostly.. I explored a l...
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Summer in Cedaredge
August 08, 2022 - Greetings:
Kyle and I are in the process of publishing our third children's book, Clementine the Rescue Dog Series. Bea...
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August is here
August 12, 2021 - August 16th through September 27th, the Eighth Tribe, also know as Barbara Torke's friends and students; my tribe, will...
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2020 is almost Over
December 15, 2020 - It has been an interesting year. I've learned a lot, and tried a lot of new things. I am teaching classes on Zoom, once...
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I have Pandemic fatigue. How about you?
May 24, 2020 - This spring has gone by as usual Colorado springs go. Oops. I wake up and summer is here. Grasshoppers, warm weather, an...
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Happy holidays and a Grand 2020
December 25, 2019 - Santa is holed up in Florida now, in a hammock with a tiny rum and coke. His red sandals have bells on the heels and his...
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Ice Breaking is available
December 08, 2018 - This is a good time to buy "Ice Breaking" for that young person on your list, The adventures of Clementine and her boys...
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EVENTS OF AUGUST
August 16, 2018 - Living the Life Show is down. The current show at the Grand Mesa Arts and Events Center features Arleta Pech..She is an...
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Change
July 13, 2018 - With the retrospective show and opening of the new center, change surrounds me. It is so exciting to have the Grand Mesa...
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Opening Reception for Living the Life
June 17, 2018 - Living the Life
Saturday Evening, June 23, at 6 P.M. there will be an Artist's Reception at the Grand Mesa Arts and Eve...
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Daphna Russell and Barbara Torke at the GMAEC
June 10, 2018 - Daphna and I will be at the Grand Mesa Arts and Events Center from June 15 through July for our show Living the Life. We...
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A Painting a Day
April 25, 2018 - In January I painted a sky a day. It was from an idea in Pastel Journal. What a great idea. In February I did a bird a d...
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MOAB IN NOVEMBER
November 30, 2017 - A promise is a promise, and I promised we'd go on a plein aire trip this year. Finally it came together in middle Novemb...
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FROGGY WENT A COURTING AND HE DID RIDE
November 23, 2017 - 3. “O Miss Mousie are you within?”
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“O Miss Mousie are you within?”
“I just sat down to weave and spi...
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Is it Mother's Day yet?
October 23, 2017 - It isn't that things haven't been happening in my part of the world. Nothing drastic, just time consuming, and complicat...
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2017
March 24, 2017 - So much to do. So far to go. Even as I write this I realize I am behind in writing this blog, and might always be so. I...
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The Next Three Months
August 07, 2016 - August 13th The Eighth Tribe will have the reception for their display at the Apple Shed Gallery in Cedaredge, Colorado,...
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The Apple Shed
July 15, 2016 - Summer at the Apple Shed in Cedaredge, Colorado, is always busy. Not only does Connie Williams run an amazing gallery, d...
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Barbara Torke and plein aire in Gunnison
June 07, 2016 - Karen Sinclair Barbara Allen
I am showing my pastels this month (June-2016) in the Gunnison Gallery, Gunnison, Colorado...
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Warm and Cool
May 03, 2016 - Spring brings cool weather and warm, almost at the same time. But that isn't what the artist finds in warm and cool.
Th...
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I do Art
February 23, 2016 - I Do Art
by Barbara Torke
Every day I wake up, get out of bed, and do art.
This makes my day go better. It makes me o...
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Re-inventing the Wheel
January 30, 2016 - Re-inventing the Wheel
“Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you wanted.” This quote by Randy Pausch from...
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Pattern Continued
April 26, 2015 - Spring finally is here. With lots of false starts and more snow than daffodils, we now can begin to acknowledge its exis...
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Pattern
April 12, 2015 - The winter of 2014-2015 has been odd. Never cold enough to kill the tiger moths in the cedars. Warm enough to stir the b...
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Breaking the Rules
March 16, 2015 - Donald says speed limits are just suggestions. He throws this over his shoulder as he speeds down the country road, leav...
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Facebook art challenge
February 07, 2015 - This last week I h ave accepted the Facebook art challenge and posted three paintings a day for five days. The paintings...
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Collage and Poetry
January 10, 2015 - In May of last year, I took a class at Weehawken Arts in Ridgway. The class, taught by the tandem muses Meredith Nemirov...
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End of Summer
September 20, 2014 - The road to hell is paved with good intentions. This axiom was integrated into my summer. I created crazy, busy chaos. I...
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New: Writers of the Purple Page Anthology published Today.
March 30, 2014 - Here is the site on Blurb.com where you can find the new Writers of the Purple Page Anthology for 2013. New selections f...
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RULES ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN
March 04, 2014 - by Barbara Torke:
Donald says speed limits are just suggestions. He throws this over his shoulder as he speeds down t...
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