About Barbara
I am an artist based in Cornwall, UK. I work in a variety of media but drawing is central to the way I explore my subject matter, using observation, imagination and invention. Over the years I have focused on many different subjects, but landscape and animal studies form the core of my current work.
My landscape studies are large and expressive, and often echo the figure studies and nudes of my earlier work. I use a range of media including watercolour, gouache, collage, charcoal & conte, and have recently started including hand mixed paints created from grinding down pigments I collect when out make studies. Occasionally I also produce small pieces in carved stone. The landscapes & sculptures are original works available from galleries or direct from my studio. Please contact me for more information.
Animals make lively and challenging subjects and translate well into greetings cards and limited edition prints (both available from my website). The cards and prints started with birds: flouncy birds, grumpy birds, kookie birds, glum birds and silly birds. These fantasy creations began when, housebound due to a broken leg, a small book of rather scrappy sketches made in Paradise Park, Hayle, became the starting point for a new imaginative journey. When my mobility returned the animal studies spread into seagulls, dogs & cats, and farmyard animals.
Brief CV
2019 - solo show "Course of Events', ACE Arts Somerton Somerset
2016 - solo show ‘Land & Life’ ACE Arts Somerton Somerset
2012 - drawing sessions and exhibition Blue Owl Gallery, Granthham
2011 - solo show Animal Drawings Old Mill Gallery Worton
2010 - two person show Open space Galleries Penryn
2010 - solo show 'Fur & Feather' Old Mill Gallery Worton Wilts
2010 - solo exhibition Clare White Gallery Elsecar South Yorks
2009 - solo show 'Fantastic' Veryan Galleries Cornwall
2009 - Newlyn Society of Artists selection for A Cornish Perspective RWEA Bristol
2008 - solo exhibition Wine St Gallery Devizes
2008 - included in three person show Open Space Galleries Penryn Cornwall
2008 - curated drawing show for St Ives Society of Artists
2007 - solo exhibition ‘Overview’ Vitreous Contemporary Art
2007 - incl in publication ‘St Ives 1975-2005 Art Colony in Transition', by Peter Davies
2006 - selected for NSA exhibition Goldfish Contemporary Art Penzance
2006 - selected by Open Space Galleries for art fairs
2006 - accepted as member St Ives Society of Artists
2005 - two person show Vitreous Contemporary Art Truro
2005 - selected for NSA exhibition Thompsons City Gallery London
2005 - selected by Norbert Lynton for ‘Critic’s Choice’, Lemon St Gallery Truro
2004 - two person show Lang Gallery 50 Redchurch St. London E2 7DT
2004 - mixed show Wine Street Gallery Devizes
2003 - exhibition of drawings ‘Looking for the Light’ Truro Cathedral
2001 - stone carving Portland Sculpture Trust
1999 - solo exhibition The Schoolhouse, Morvah, Cornwall
1998 - two person show with Tim Newman, Exeter University Geological Museum
1997 - mixed show ‘Another View’ New Millenium Gallery St Ives
1996 - Included in publication Drawing Towards The End of a Century, NSA
1996 - included in publication ‘Another View, Art in St Ives‘, Marion Whybrow
1994 - accepted as member Newlyn Society of Artists
1990 - solo exhibition The Devizes Gallery Handel House, Devizes
1990 - solo exhibition Arlington Mill Bibury, Glos
1989-1992 - teaching at Trowbridge College and Salisbury College of Art
1989 - solo exhibition The Athenaeum Warminster, Wilts
1988 - solo exhibition Devizes Library Devizes, Wilts
1984-87 - BA (hons) Fine Art painting Gloscat Cheltenham
1982-84 - Arts Foundation Trowbridge College, Wilts
1949 - Born Wiltshire