Out and About
FINE ART CONNOISSEUR
Despite a transit strike, admirers of the American artist Barbara Ernst Prey (b. 1957) turned out en masse on October 18…
Time Off/Exhibit Europe: An American View
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
“An American View: Barbara Ernst Prey”: Drawing from the tradition of renowned American artists such as Winslow Homer…
Mona Bismarck Foundation: An American View
PARIS CAPITALE
A stunning exhibition of watercolors by artist Barbara Ernst Prey…
On The Drawing Board
WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY
An American in Paris: Hubert Givenchy, his partner Philippe Venet, and U.S. Ambassador…
Summer’s Watercolor Wonderland
USA TODAY MAGAZINE
Early artwork for the renowned magazine The New Yorker, for which Prey illustrated over a ten year period…
Visions of Long Island, All Over the Map
NEWSDAY
From an 1875 oil painting of Target Rock, the historic boulder just off a beach in Lloyd Neck, to a couple of moody seascapes…
Gallery High Art
HARVARD MAGAZINE
Since its founding, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has commissioned artists to depict…
So Watery…The Works of Barbara Ernst Prey on Exhibit: Works on Water
THE NEW YORK SUN
SO WATERY The works of Barbara Ernst Prey, featured in the exhibit “Works on Water…
Time Off/Exhibit: Works on Water
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
This exhibit showcases the deft hand and delicate sensibility of renowned landscape artist Barbara Ernst Prey..
Artist Fulfills New Mission of NASA
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Until December, artist Barbara Prey’s best known works were watercolors of scenes in rural Maine – rowboats, farmhouses and ocean views. Then President Bush sent…
The Art of Maine: Where Tradition Meets the Cutting Edge
ARTNEWS
What seems to be an almost impossible range, from Maine to outer space, can be found within the repertoire of one artist, Barbara Ernst Prey…
An Artist Ready for Liftoff
THE WASHINGTON POST
At least she’s logging in frequent-flier miles. Landscape artist Barbara Ernst Prey is commissioned by NASA …
An Artist on a Space Mission
NEWSDAY
An artist grounded for more than three decades in the watercolor landscapes of rural North America, Barbara Ernst Prey received…
Artist Shooting for the Stars
THE NEW YORK TIMES
As an official portrait artist for NASA, Barbara Ernst Prey has paid tribute to the space shuttle Columbia, traveled to…
2005 March Women of Distinction
DISTINCTION MAGAZINE
It’s hard not to name-drop when talking about Barbara Ernst Prey and her work as a watercolor artist. Born in Manhasset…
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…
CNN Feature of "NASA | Art: 50 Years of Exploration"
CNN
Commentary by CNN's Skip Loescher on Barbara's "Columbia Tribute" honoring …
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…