Art Talk | What Others Are Saying
Sheri Barnes, Director of Gallerie Amsterdam in Carmel, California, said, “Barbi Leifert’s new series, combining dance into her abstracts, is a good example of the energy that rhythmically flows through her work of rich harmonious colors, producing a sense of dynamic movement with emotional impact.”
“As a gallery director of 25 years, I have worked with many artists. I have found that some artists are not willing to push past what they think their limits are. This does not describe Babi Leifert; her personality and indefatigable passion for her artwork, continually keeps her creative energy swirling around her and her paintings. Her new series, combining dance into her abstracts, is a good example of the energy that rhythmically flows through her work of rich harmonious colors, producing a sense of dynamic movement with emotional impact.”
Gallery Director Sheri Barnes also noted, “When I took Barbi Leifert on board, her show at the Phillips galleries was a sellout.”
Brekelle Lavee' Long, owner of Flower and Hewes/Art Vault Unlimited in Malibu, said, “Barbi Leifert is truly a living artist. With each new collection, you get to know her life and her evolution as an artist. In her work, you see the focus, and the freedom and movement of body, mind and soul. To experience Barbi’s work is to have a conversation with the artist: you begin to understand the vision, texture, emotion and lives of the dancers who are telling the story. Like the dancers in her work, Barbi Leifert is going to go the distance as an artist.”
“[She is]an artist who will travel the distance. [There is] a lot of consistency with Barbi’s work and has the talent to take it to the highest level possible. Her work is a conversation with the artist and expanding the vision texture, emotion and the life of the dancers. Each one of her figures has a life and tells a story. It’s almost as if you can see the life in each story and tell where it’s going. She is truly a living artist. You get to see the evolution of the artist with each new collection. With a really good artist you can see someone grow.