"Colors from life are too loud, too present for me when painting or drawing. It’s like I can’t get over them. I need distance to take that landscape and turn it into something that’s more of a formal set of relationships. I like to be able to forget the natural colors and use whatever ones seem right. It’s all about color. I don’t want to be mimetic." —Hayley Barker In an interview with Paul Maziar (@rrealism), @barker_hayley discusses her paintings that find the ineffable in the everyday. Follow the link in our bio to read their full conversation. Hayley Barker: Bozo House is on view at @bozomag in Los Angeles until September 25. Image 1: Hayley Barker. Photo by @mayafuhr. Courtesy of @nightgallery, Los Angeles. Image 2: Hayley Barker, BOZO Front Porch, 2022, oil on linen, 86 × 68 inches. Photo by Paul Salveson (@no_sevlas). Courtesy of the artist and BozoMag.