Barbaras Studio

Artist Resume

bobbimac — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:16:33 +0000

My art career has spanned over 40 years. Continue reading to see my entire resume.

Education

1970 - 1972 Portrait, Landscape, Still Life: Alice Deusch; Landscape, Harry R. Ballenger, Centinela Valley School, Inglewood, CA

1971 - 1972 Portrait, Landscape, Seascape, Still Life, Colin, The Little Louvre, Manhattan Beach, CA; Life Drawing, Harry Ballinger, Centinella Valley School, Inglewood, CA

1973 Sea Scape, Michael Brennan, Sycamore Community Schools, Lawndale, CA

1979 Landscape Grieg Hovsep Chapian, Ghost Ranch, NM

1979 Life Drawing, Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa, OK

1980 Landscape, Karolee Metz, Tulsa, OK

1989 Life Drawing, San Jose Mission College, San Jose CA

1993 - 1994 Northlight Art School, Barbara Rauf, Ostermuncheon, Germany

1999 - 2000 Watercolor, Harriett Derrivere, Tulsa Community College, OK

2005 Life Drawing, Judy Wayland, Philbrook Art Museum

2006 Life Drawing, Sue Treece, Tulsa, OK

Private Collections

Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Virginia, Germany

Affiliations

Lawndale Art Association, Lawndale, CA; Gardena Valley Art Association, Gardena, CA; Alpha Rho Tau, Tulsa, OK; Green Country Watercolor Society, Broken Arrow, OK

Awards

First Place Portrait: People’s Choice Award, Manhattan Beach All City Art Festival, Manhattan Beach, CA

Second Place Portrait, Lawndale Art Association, Lawndale, CA

Honorable Mention, Portrait, Manhattan Beach All City Art Festival, Manhattan Beach, CA

First Place Portrait, Lawndale Art Association, Lawndale, CA

Third Place Portrait, Lawndale Art Festival, Lawndale CA

Honorable Mention Portrait, Gardena Art Festival, Gardena, CA

Second Place, Montgomery Kiwanis Annual Art Exhibition, Montgomery, OH

Best of Show, City of Tulsa 1st Annual Arts Program International, Tulsa, OK

Frog Island Iris

bobbimac — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:30:58 +0000

Mom loved flowers. At one point she and Dad photographed them for competition in their camera club.

After Mom passed away I found a stack of pictures from her garden that she had tucked away. It was an exciiting time because I knew many of her favorites had been given to her by friends and family and these were the only pictures in existence.

Frog Island Iris is the first flower I painted for my Dad from “Mom’s Legacy to Me.” This small painting was painted with watercolors.

Navajo Potter

bobbimac — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:30:24 +0000

Having roots in Arizona has influenced many of my paintings. Navajo Potter is intended to show that designs may not be simply created for enjoyment but may be able to tell a story of a lifetime of experiences.

Wavel Monastery, Krakow

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:59:40 +0000

The Wavel Monastery sits on a hill watching over the city of Krakow, Poland. It’s an active Franciscan Church/Monastery that houses and provides for the needs of the Monks.

I thought the building was majestic. Over the years it had bore witness to so many tragedies and yet still it stood strong and proud.

Painted using watercolors, the finished size is 11.5 x 17.5.

Artist Statement

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:22:43 +0000

My home base in Oklahoma puts me in the middle of just about everything! As an artist, my interest in travel combined with a fondness to produce picturesque interpretations of life as I see it, hopefully is reflected in my paintings. My desire is to express my love and appreciation of the environment through my paintings with the warmth, excitement, and affection I have for the many people and places that have touched my life.

Most of my paintings hang in private collections in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, New York, Oregon, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Virginia, Bad Aibling and Groskarolinenfeld, Germany. Included in my portfolio is a collection of portraits to show each subject’s personality in the blending of realism along with rich vivid colors. Watercolors have replaced oils and acrylics as a medium of choice, expanding my pallet and providing a fresh approach to painting.

From America to Western Europe, my artwork is another venue in my attempt to add the elegance and beauty of the ‘old world’ to the infinite beauty of my ‘new world.’ My simple goal is to enhance lives by reflections in my paintings of the awesome beauty of shapes and colors in God’s creations.

Artists Bio

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:22:01 +0000

I was blessed to be born into a creative family in Tucson, Arizona. At age three, my parents moved my sister and I to Bremerton, Washington until age five. When my grandparents came for a visit, I packed my clothes put them into their car and somehow they and my parents let me return to Tucson. Thus began an adventurous life filled with many people and places including six years in Southern Germany. Affectionately I am called “Grammin Gypsy” by both grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Art has always been an intrinsic part of my life. When other children received toys for life’s special events, members of my family gave me paper, crayons, colored pencils, paints, brushes and clay. Both sets of grandparents always had large stacks of paper and encouragement. Throughout my school years I used Big Chief tablets and 3-ring lined paper to “personalize” my homework until I received a 5″ x 7″ watercolor block from one artistic grandmother. However, I’m still sure that the pencil portrait of Shaksphere attached to my English report helped me receive that “A”.

During my senior year I completed a drawing contest with the hopes of an art correspondence course. My mother found the drawing with a large hole chewed by my sister’s standard poodle and sent it in for critique anyway. Although accepted by the school, money was short and my talents were later used for football and baseball flags, Girl Scouts, Campfire Girls, Cub Scouts, costumes, along with various other creative works while working and raising my two children.

In the process of attempting to paint my 10 year-old daughter, a timely flyer in the mail announced free classes for portrait painting. I signed up and since then, art has been interwoven like a tapestry into my life.

Upon my return from Germany, I attended Tulsa Community College where I received an AA Degree in Human Services-Gerontology. When a required class was closed due to a lack of students, I found an open watercolor class. A new world of color and technique opened exciting venues for exploration. Then a job layoff in 2001 opened another door for a full-time career in art and creative wood working until I returned to work in work in 2004.

My love for art, people, and travel has brought commissioned work for portrait, landscape, still life, seascape, animals, and an 8 ft. x 12 ft. home mural. In 2006 I received the prestigious award of Best of Show for “Work Horses” entered into the City of Tulsa’s 1st Annual National Arts Program. Most of my work is currently in private collections in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, New York, Oregon, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Virginia, Bad Aibling and Groskarolinenfeld, Germany.