She Answered a Call from Washington
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Last March, Barbara Ernst Prey… received a telephone call from Laura Bush’s chief of staff asking her if she would like to create…
The Talk of the Town
THE NEW YORKER
Longtime recipients of the annual Prey family Christmas card – fellow parishioners of the First Presbyterian Church in Oyster Bay…
Painter Seeing a Bigger Picture
LOS ANGELES TIMES
It should have been a summer of normalcy and rest, if not self-congratulations, for Barbara Ernst Prey. She made her usual trek from…
The Fine Art of the Space Age
THE WASHINGTON POST
After the space shuttle Columbia exploded on Feb. 1, NASA asked New York artist Barbara Ernst Prey to paint a memorial for the seven astronauts…
Artist Reaches New Heights
THE BOSTON GLOBE
'PICTURE THIS It was an honor, but a bit daunting as well, says Barbara Ernst Prey of her commission from NASA…
Trace of Terror on Canvas
NEWSDAY
Oyster Bay artist Barbara Ernst Prey was crossing the Throgs Neck Bridge on Sept. 11, 2001, listening to the car radio, when she both heard and saw the unforgettable…
Painting a Still Life that Moves at 17,000 M.P.H
THE NEW YORK TIMES
The Celestron telescope that hulks, out of place and outnumbered by mahogany antiques, in the dining room corner was a whimsical Christmas gift from…