Barb's Art - Barb's Art

$ 15.00 - $ 10,000.00

Discern

A young person Barb knew, was involved in a terrible accident and had to go to the spinal trauma ward at Vancouver General Hospital. Though mostly crippled herself, at the time, with a major arthritic flare up, Barb went to the hospital in Vancouver to assist this very injured young...

$ 200.00 - $ 1,875.00

Eating is a Beautiful Thing

“They said they were hungry” to which I responded, “It seems to me that hungry people should eat.” She looked at me, held up her hands and showed a bill and some coins and with a quiet voice said, “I need $2.63 more for a meal – can you help...

$ 15.00 - $ 1,500.00

Empty Chairs

When Barb was a young lass, she had the good fortune to meet Pierre and Elizabeth. These people became surrogate parents for her. Pierre got sick and was dying when Barb got a notice that Elizabeth had died. She was so expecting that it would be Pierre that it took...

$ 150.00 - $ 5,000.00

Flowers and Sky

This painting is extremely subtle and complex. Unfortunately, the web does not do this justice. It is truly a stunning image. This is one of Barb’s earlier works. The way she does her sky foreshadows her successes with other blocks such as the concrete on the breakwater in “Snaggly Clouds”...

$ 150.00 - $ 350.00

Serenity on the Bus

One day, when Barb was taking the bus, she was struck by the complete serenity of the woman in front of her. This woman had a child who was not having a good day. Barb thinks that she may have had a tooth ache or something like that. The child...

$ 150.00 - $ 1,375.00

Adobe

Barb visited san Luis Ibispo, California, several years ago. She was quite impressed with all of the public art. And apparently, several buildings there have some amazing mosaics on them. She became attracted to the mosaic style and decided to try it in this painting. As you can see from...

$ 0.00 - $ 950.00

Palms in the Breeze

Barb adores palms. They actually grow quite well in Victoria, but she wants it to average about 20°C higher. In this painting, it is all about the palms, the warm breeze and warm sand. Barb’s has an amazing way of using brief strokes with lots of colour to portray turbulence...