Virtual View of Museum Commissions
MASS MoCA Gain insight into Barbara Prey's MASS MoCA commission | watch here MASSMoCA.org Sketching on site at MASS MoCA and working in the studio | watch here On the [...]
News12 on Nassau Museum Exhibition “Impressionism: A World View”
'It is the art of color:' Enjoy art from around the world at the Nassau County Museum of Art
MASS MoCA Commission now on Exhibit
Adding finishing touches before the painting goes up in Building 6 MASS MoCA Building 6, installed at MASS MoCA MASS MoCA Director Joe Thompson talking about the commission on site [...]
7 Paintings Included in Nassau Museum Exhibition ‘Impressionism’. Upcoming Museum Exhibitions and Events
UPCOMING: Barbara Prey Projects, MAINE Barbara Prey Projects is pleased to present three upcoming summer exhibitions of recent work. Please click here for more information [...]
MASS MoCA: Chronicle the development of Barbara Prey’s museum commission here
MASS MoCA's Building 6 now open and Barbara's painting — considered the world's largest watercolor — on view, watch Barbara working on her commission onsite November 2016 Barbara has been [...]
Gallantly Streaming on exhibit at the United Nations
Both Ambassador Haley and former Ambassador Power on two different occasions selected Barbara Prey’s painting Gallantly Streaming I for exhibit at the United Nations during the United State's presidency of [...]
Painter brings sharp eye for light, life to Pittsfield’s Hancock Shaker Village
THE BOSTON GLOBE By Cate McQuaid, Globe Correspondent, August 28, 2019 PITTSFIELD — Watercolors capture light like no other medium, so it’s easy for a skilled artist to paint something shimmery [...]
Barbara Ernst Prey Comes Home in “Vanishing Point”
SOUTHAMPTON PRESS By Michelle Trauring, July 15, 2021 When weather and time allow, Barbara Ernst Prey packs her paints, canvas and easel into the back of her car, hops behind the steering wheel and drives due east from her home in [...]
Nassau County Museum of Art Benefit Auction
Barbara Prey is always seeking to support art institutions with her work; most recently, she was included in the NCMA Benefit Art Auction
Touching Lives With A Paintbrush
CREATIVE MAINE MAGAZINE By Nancy Gordon, September, 2021 “I was commissioned in 2002 by the President [George W. Bush] and First Lady to paint the White House Christmas card. I [...]
Barbara Ernst Prey. Lineage and New Frontiers
MAINE WOMEN MAGAZINE By Rachel Romanski, August, 2021 You might recognize Barbara Ernst Prey's watercolor paintings. She's been commissioned by the White House, NASA, MASS MoCA and The United States Arts [...]
Still Lives and the Maine Foodscape
EDIBLE MAINE By Katy Keleher, Summer 2021 Painter Barbara Ernst Prey showed her first work at the age of 9. It was a painting of an orange. Read More
Two just Published Books
MASS MoCA: Chronicle of A Museum Commission outlines the process of painting the world's largest watercolor; illustrated with over 30 color studies of Prey's commission for MASS MoCA. Click here [...]
NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART: Reflections on NASA Commissions
Museum Talk: Barbara Ernst Prey on her NASA Commissions
BORROWED LIGHT at the Hancock Shaker Village
We are happy to announce Barbara's solo exhibition Borrowed Light: Barbara Ernst Prey opened on May 26 at the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, MA. The show is up through [...]
This Maine Artist never thought she would paint space rockets. Then NASA called
By Lauren Abbate, BDN Staff • August 11, 2019 Watercolor painter Barbara Ernst Prey is widely known for her deeply colorful depictions of American landscapes. While blue skies play a [...]
Watch Barbara Prey working on site at Hancock Shaker Village
Barbara Prey spent many hours at Hancock Shaker Village - looking - distilling - drawing - leading up to her solo exhibition Borrowed Light
Interview with The Greylock Glass
Barbara Prey is discussing her current solo exhibition at the Hancock Shaker Village Barbara Prey Interview with Greylock Glass Transcript of interview: Greylock Glass (GG): For this episode, we spoke [...]
Barbara Ernst Prey Finds Inspiration in Maine
Barbara Prey's Interview with News Center Maine
Barbara Prey talks about her process working on the MASS MoCA commission
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