"Pause in the Rain"
24" x 30"
oil on canvas
$1550

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"My work advances through a constant effort to combine the photo image and abstract concept. There are changes from time to time because of new photo techniques and at present the possibilities of computer manipulation of photographs and combinations of photo and freehand are very exciting to me."

Barbara studied at the Art Institute of Chicago & University of Iowa and Illinois, where she received her BA. Her MA was earned at Institute of Design, IIT. She was a docent at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, then was awarded a grant to "Develop a Handbook for the Development of Art in Public Places". She next worked on a manuscript which became a catalogue raisonne of the work of Fernand Leger. She was assistant at the Richard Gray Gallery for twenty years, finding it rewarding to work with such well known artists as Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein and Louise Nevelson. 

Before moving to Fort Bragg seven years ago, she was a member of the Chicago Society of Artists and was included in many exhibitions nationally as well as locally. She also executed several commissions for murals and is represented in private and corporate collections.

Her work has been characterized as painting with photographic elements. It can been found at several locations on the North Coast, including the Mendocino Art Center and Fort Bragg Center for the Arts.