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Q; When did you start pursuing art as a serious profession?
“Answering the Call,” 58″ x 38,” soft pastel on sandpaper A: In the mid-1980s I was in my early 30s, a lieutenant on active duty in the Navy, working a soul-crushing job as a computer analyst on the...
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Q: How did you prepare yourself to change careers and work as a professional...
“Krystyn,” charcoal, 22″ x 30″, 1989 A: At the age of 33 I was a Lieutenant in the Navy, working as computer analyst at the Pentagon. I was very unhappy with my job. I began looking for something...
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Q: Was there a pivotal time in your life when you were forced to choose...
Barbara’s studio A: In 1988 I was a Navy Lieutenant working at the Pentagon as a computer analyst. I hated my boring job! For about two years I had been taking drawing classes at the Art League School...
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Q; What was the spark that got you started? (Question from Barbara Smith via...
Ensign Barbara Rachko, circa 1983 A: If I had to select one factor, I would say, profound unhappiness with my professional life. In 1986 I was a 33-year-old Navy Lieutenant working as a computer...
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Q: How do you think about risk? What role has taking risks played in your...
Barbara’s Studio A: My journey to becoming a visual artist was circuitous, to say the least. Risk-taking gave me the life and career I enjoy now. The biggest – and scariest – risk I’ve ever taken was...
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Q: When did you decide and what prompted you to become an artist? (Question...
Naval Officer Candidate Barbara Rachko, circa 1983 A: In the mid-1980s I was a thirty-three-year-old Navy lieutenant, working a soul-crushing job as a computer analyst on the midnight shift in a...
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Q: What do you like most about being an artist?
Entrance to Barbara’s studio A: I love walking into my studio in the morning, knowing that I will spend the day doing what I love, using all my talents, skills, and experience to solve whatever...
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