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Photos: Tucson artist Robert Barber
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Photos: Tucson artist Robert Barber

  • Mar 1, 2015
  • Mar 1, 2015 Updated Sep 29, 2015
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Former TUSD teacher still makes art every day.

Artist Robert Barber

Artist Robert Barber

Artist and former TUSD teacher Robert Barber at the retrospective show in the Museum of Contemporary Art, in downtown Tucson.

Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star

Artist Robert Barber

Artist Robert Barber

Artist Robert Barber sits in his kitchen among his art and a painting above him done by his late wife in Tucson, AZ.

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Artist Robert Barber

Artist Robert Barber

Robert Barber arranges an old sculpture that has deteriorated in his yard.

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Artist Robert Barber

Artist Robert Barber

Barber explains how he has done several pieces of art based on interpretations of a form he built from styrofoam packing in his studio.

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Artist Robert Barber

Artist Robert Barber

Items selected from the trash are used for inspiration by Barber in his home studio.

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Artist Robert Barber

Artist Robert Barber

Robert Barber rummages through paintings done throughout his many different artistic periods.

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Artist Robert Barber

Artist Robert Barber

Robert Barber looks through abstract paintings of the UA stadium in one of his studio spaces.

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Artist Robert Barber

Artist Robert Barber

Painting supplies of artist and former TUSD teacher Robert Barber.

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Artist Robert Barber

Artist Robert Barber

Painting supplies of artist and former TUSD teacher Robert Barber.

Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star

Artist Robert Barber

Artist Robert Barber

Barber stores paintings in his studio.

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Artist Robert Barber

Artist Robert Barber

Barber arranges some of the bigger pieces he has painted on a variety of canvases.

Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star

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