BIO
Currently working as a fine artist in Roswell, GA, Barbara paints landscapes and still life in pastel and oil. In recent years, she's especially developed a passion for pastel. Each painting typically begins as a small sketch, or several sketches, that she later adapts into an impressionistic interpretation of the original scene.
"Rarely do I simply copy exactly what I see before me. I strive to create a mood that will coax the viewer's eye to linger and capture the same special feeling that inspired me to create the painting."
Barbara is a Member of Excellence in the Southeastern Pastel Society.
Education
B.A. in Art/Advertising Design, The College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State College), Trenton, NJ, 1986
Attended the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, 1987
Barbara has studied with numerous professional artists over the course of many years, both as a child and adult. Widely known artists with whom she's studied include Susan Ogilvie, Albert Handell, Anita Louise West and Greg Biolchini.
Advertising Art Director
Art Instructor
Barbara has taught classes in drawing and pastel since 2002 in the metro Atlanta area. Locations have included:
Johns Creeks Arts Center (formerly Ocee Arts Center)
Spruill Center for the Arts
The Art School in Sandy Springs
Roswell Visual Arts Center
Atlanta Fine Arts League 3rd Annual National Juried Exhibition, 2009
Southeastern Pastel Society 2008 International Open Juried Exhibition, Merit Award, Honorable Mention
Ocee Arts Center Instructors Show, 2005, Second Place
Ocee Arts Center Instructors Show, 2004, Third Place
Dunwoody Fine Art Association Southeastern Juried Exhibition, 2003
Atlanta Artists Center, monthly juried exhibit, Oct. 2003: Honorable Mention
"An artist since my teen years, I've always strived for that special combination of color, light and composition that grabs the viewer's eye and doesn't want to let it go. I find that it's typically simple compositions and familiar subject matter that create a type of visual playground for color and mood in which the viewer's eye jumps right in and enjoys."
Professional Art Experience:
Princeton, NJ; New York, NY; and Atlanta, GA
1985 - 1996
Fine Artist
April 2002 - present
Atlanta Fine Arts League 4th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention
Southeastern Pastel Society 2010 International Juried Exhibition
Southeastern Pastel Society 2009 Members Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention
Southeastern Pastel Society 2006 International Open Juried Exhibition
Southeastern Pastel Society 2004 International Open Juried Exhibition
Atlanta Artists Center, "Home is Where the Heart Is" juried exhibit, Aug. 2003, Rabun Gap, GA, Honorable Mention
Roswell Fine Arts Alliance "Genesis X" Juried Member Exhibit, 2002, Honorable Mention
Atlanta Artists Center, monthly juried exhibit, Oct. 2002, First Place
Atlanta Artists Center, monthly juried exhibit, Sept. 2002, Honorable Mention