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Article: An American in Paris: watercolor, notes artist Barbara Ernst Prey, "develops on its own.... You have an idea, but the beauty is in the process.... It's so fluid, and accidents can happen.".(Museums Today)
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- USA TODAY
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- November 1, 2007
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SHOWCASING a collection of 80 works in watercolor that span her entire career, "An American View: Barbara Ernst Prey" provides valuable insight into the artistic paths this talented painter has chosen to follow. Drawing from the technical tradition of renowned artists such as Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper and carrying on their development of a truly American school, Prey's paintings nevertheless move in their own direction in terms of treatment and subject matter. They evoke the somewhat subtle symbols of the spirit of America and its cultural foundations--a fluttering home-sewn quilt, lingering twilight on the coast of Maine Adirondack ...
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Article: Artist Barbara Ernst Prey to speak about Homer
Portland Press Herald (Maine);
December 11, 2005 ;
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... ... Portland Press Herald (Maine) 12-11-2005 Artist Barbara Ernst Prey to speak about Homer Edition: FINAL Section: Audience Column ... in Washington, D.C., has invited Maine artist Barbara Ernst Prey to lecture at the museum Dec. 18 for the Winslow Homer exhibit ...
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