Barbara is an awardwinning Canadian artist living in Ottawa ON Shes an active member of the Federation of Canadian artists and her paintings are held in individual and corporate collections in Canada and internationallyBarbara paints the light and the shadows it casts in everyday scenes to show the wonders she sees there She invites viewers to enter into her canvases and muse about the people and places they see or even better let her paintings reconnect them with their own experiencesBarbara paints in acrylics and alternates layers of opaque and transparent paint to build up values and complex colours on the canvas She repeats this process dozens of times in a single painting to capture glowing light and intriguing shadowsstronguCollectionsustrongstrongstrongstrongstrongPublic corporate and individual collections in Canada and internationally Public collections include the City of Ottawa Art Collection and the Baldwin Collection of Canadiana of the Toronto Public Library Corporate collections include La Maison Simons Engel amp Vlkers Ottawa Central and Proveras Commercial Realty Inc stronguustrongstronguSelected Awards and Recognitionustrong2023 Accessioned into the City of Ottawa Art Collection2022 First Place Award Winner Federation of Canadian Artists 365 Online Exhibition and Calendar Project2022 Selected for 2023 Federation of Canadian Artists calendar2022 Accessioned into the Baldwin Collection of Canadiana held by the Toronto Public Library at the Toronto Reference Library2021 Selected for 2022 Federation of Canadian Artists calendar2020 Award Winner Federation of Canadian Artists 365 Online Exhibition and Calendar Project2020 Selected for 2021 Federation of Canadian Artists calendar2019 Admitted to active membership in the Federation of Canadian Artists2019 Honourable Mention Federation of Canadian Artists Annual International MailIn ExhibitionstronguSelected Presentationsustrongstronguustrong2022 Our Town at the opening reception for my solo exhibition at Koyman Galleries2019 Beneath the Surface The Making of my Acrylic Paintings Presentation to the Kanata Art ClubstronguEducationustrongstrongstrongstrongstrongThe institutions where I have studied includeul liOttawa School of Artli liSt Lawrence College School of the Artsli liBig Arts Sanibel FloridaliulThe artists I have studied with includeul liBrian M Atyeo CSPWC OSAli liMike Svob SFCAli liAndrea Warren Golden Working Artistli liMary H Klunkli liAnne Barkley SCAli lithe late Morton Baslaw CSPWC OSAstronguustrongliulstronguSelected Professional AffiliationsustrongstrongstrongstrongstrongActive Member of the Federation of Canadian Artistsul liAffiliate Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists Toronto Chapterli liArts Network OttawaliulstronguSelected ExhibitionsustrongstrongstrongstrongstrongstrongSolo Exhibitionsstrong2022 Koyman Galleries Our Town Exhibition2018 Galerie Old Chelsea Market Life guest artistnbspstrongGroup Exhibitionsstrong2023 Art From The Vault TD Gallery Exhibition of selected works from the Canadian Documentary Art Collection at the Toronto Reference Library2022 Art amp Parcel 2022 holiday art show and sale of the Ottawa Art Gallery2022 Koyman Galleries Holiday Exhibition of Smalls2022 Federation of Canadian Artists 365 Online Exhibition and Calendar Project First Place Award Winner and selected for 2023 Federation calendar2022 Federation of Canadian Artists 2022 Online Federation Showcase2021 Koyman Galleries Holiday Exhibition of Smalls2021 Federation of Canadian Artists Chapter Challenge Exhibition2021 Federation of Canadian Artists Limitless Open International Online Exhibition2021 Federation of Canadian Artists 365 Online Exhibition and Calendar Project selected for 2022 Federation calendar2020 Federation of Canadian Artists Limitless Open International Online Exhibition2020 Federation of Canadian Artists 365 Online Exhibition and Calendar Project Award Winner and selected for 2021 Federation calendar2020 Federation of Canadian Artists 2020 Postcard Competition and Online Exhibition2019 Koyman Galleries Holiday Exhibition of Smalls2019 Art amp Parcel 2019 holiday art show and sale of the Ottawa Art Gallery2019 Federation of Canadian Artists Limitless Open International Online Exhibition2019 Federation of Canadian Artists Annual International MailIn Exhibition at the Federation Gallery on Granville Island Vancouver BC Honourable Mention2018 Art amp Parcel 2018 holiday art show and sale of the Ottawa Art Gallery2018 Wall Candy Sweetly Affordable Art Exhibit at the Horticultural Building of Lansdowne Park2018 Selections 2018 annual show of the Arts Network Ottawa at the Trinity Art Gallery Shenkman Arts Centre Ottawa2018 Federation of Canadian Artists Limitless Open International Online Exhibition2017 Selections 2017 annual show of the AOE Arts Council at the Trinity Art Gallery Shenkman Arts Centre Ottawa2017 Society of Canadian Artists 2017 Open International Online Exhibition2016 Art amp Parcel 2016 holiday art show and sale of the Ottawa Art Gallery2016 Open Studio Ottawa2015 Figureworks 2015 at Saint Brigids Centre for the Arts Ottawa2015 Petit Bills Bistro Ottawa2014 Open Studio Ottawanbspnbsp