Barbara Mendes was born in 1948 and has been drawing and painting her heart out for as long as she can remember. Her paintings have been in numerous solo and group shows in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Recent works explore the beauty, joy and knowledge in Jewish life.
I painted her sourrounded by the jewels of ancient Tibet, seen in the National Geographic. In and around her are scenes of her Crestline home, our life in the dunes in the valley, and the journey from one to the other. This product is incredible. When heat is applied to the ink, the ink becomes a gas. The gas then returns to a solid state becoming one with the fabric, leaving the fabric permanently dyed.