Barbara Shapiro

Best advice you’ve been given•Do it with conviction!

Goals/Aspirations•Continue to explore the variations of making prints. Experiment not only with the methods but use more three-dimensional constructs, like printing on wood.

Favorite artist• It is hard to choose one, I like so many for different reasons. Helen Frankenthaler. I love her field painting and her woodblock prints.

What are you reading•Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers by Leonard Kohen.

Hope to learn how to •Create wood sculptures

You spend a lot of time thinking about•Art, change and adaptation

Favorite musical artist•Hard to pick one, I like classical and folk music

What do you do when not creating art •Gardening, reading, cooking, taking care of business.