Over Lunch

   This painting is in the mode of Barbara's slice of daily life kind of paintings.  In this one, two women are having a conversation over a cozy table at a corner bistro somewhere.  What is the apparently animated conversation about?  Is it gossip?  Are they disagreeing on some issue?  Who knows?  Barbara takes her inspiration from 18th and 19th century European artists who also sought to capture moments of  the daily interactions of average citizens.  Barbara also loves detailing the still life items sitting on the table:  the bread, the butter plate, the wine glasses catching the light, the salt and pepper shakers and the charming little vase with a small cut of flowers.  Aahhh.  Wouldn't we all enjoy whiling away a few hours in conversation over lunch with a friend?