“Barbara’s painting will be monumental by any standard, but for a watercolor on paper – perhaps the most unforgiving combination of any painterly media — the undertaking is truly breathtaking.”
- MASS MoCA on Barbara Prey’s commission for the Museum
Images and information about the commission, creation, and installation of this monumental painting at Mass MoCA.
MASS MoCA
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. Read the details of the process here.
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 the Security Council.
THE BOSTON GLOBE
Her attention to windows in this show recalls Vermeer. These paintings are quietly luminous and anchored in the everyday.
