Art from life – Barbara "Babs" Early

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Barbara spent time during the pandemic working on electronic art, as there were no live figure drawing sessions available (Zoom models just were not the same).

Some recent exhibits:

Midsummer Pop Up, July-August 2023, Nexus Gallery, San Francisco

Holiday Art Show, December 2022-Jan 2023, San Francisco

Open Studios, San Francisco, November 2022, at HVAW Gallery, 275 Oak Street, San Francisco

Open Studios, San Francisco, November 2021, at HVAW Gallery, 275 Oak Street, San Francisco

Open Studios, San Francisco, November 2 & 3, 2019, at HVAW Gallery, 275 Oak Street, San Francisco

Open Studios, San Francisco, October 13 & 14, 2018 at HVAW Gallery, 275 Oak Street, San Francisco

Hayes Valley Artists Group show, 2018

Five from the Heart, San Francisco, CA 2017

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About

Barbara has been drawing from the figure for the past 35 years. Her work is collected by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and she has shown in New York, Florence, San Francisco, and is in collections in Phoenix, New York, and Geneva.

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March 8, 2026March 8, 2026

Mouse Meeting

Writing and weeding March 8 2026 Writing prompt: Anthropomorphism: 20 minute writing session (unedited) “Order! Order!” Magnus the mouse clapped his left paw hard onto the painted stone that decorated the Mouse Meeting Hall underneath the metal shipping container. He looked sternly at Mannie, the young mouse whose tail hung at an crooked angle, a …

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October 16, 2024August 27, 2025

The Story is the Thing

When my brother used to talk about transitioning from corporate law into trial work, he would talk about how he loved to tell the story of the case – and that it was the story that you told, within all the rules and guidelines, it was the story that would win the day. The way …

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April 28, 2022August 27, 2025

Life Could Be a Dream, or, Out on a Limb: How I Met the Man of my Dreams and How I Fell

Contact

Please contact me at babs.early@gmail.com