The last movement of many, many musical works is often called a “Retrospection” because it’s a repetition of the musical themes that have been heard before.
Barbara Stevens’ latest art show at the New Deal Café could be called Retrospection because the show is a collection of works created over past years – a collection of many styles and perspectives. It is also a tribute to the places Stevens has seen, lived in and loved.
The first painting of the show, as you enter the Café, is one of her green modern renditions. It is partly a painting, and partly collage.
She asked me, “How many faces can you see in this painting?” I replied that, in my imagination, I could see many, and I remembered William Shakespeare’s quote from the play As You Like It (Act 2, Scene 1) where a person could “see sermons in stones and good in everything.”
Read more of this story in the July 27 News Review
