Barchak's Egypt

Painting is a process of discovery for me.  A way to travel.  Some days are terrible, with no sense of progress.  Other days are extraordinary and a painting arrives like a gift. Travel is important to my work. A Grant from the Boston Museum School allowed me to travel for nine months in Europe, England, and Morocco.  The non-European aspects of North African culture have stayed with me as vivid visual experiences. They still motivate my work. –Artist statement