“Light has always been a fascination of mine. When I was a child, a melancholy would set in with the waning light. I would sit at the window and watch the evening fall. But over the years it is evening that I'm drawn to; the gloaming, when the world gathers up its colors and gives them to the sky for a while.
Mostly these paintings aren't particular places so much as the way that last light feels. Some are sketches, meant to hold a moment. Others are painted over and over in layers to create an even-ing or leveling of earth and sky.
These pieces are meant to be taken in from a distance and to evoke the quiet as an evensong to close the day.
Poetry emerges from dusk, twilight, the nocturne of this time, so I have included several poems that speak to the luminous power of evening.”
-Barbara Stafford
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Barbara Stafford studied painting at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Stafford’s work has been exhibited regionally for the past decade and her paintings are included in the permanent collections of Kaiser Permanente, KFS Corporate, Library of Congress and Oregon Health & Sciences University.
