Barb's Art - Barb's Art

$ 15.00 - $ 1,000.00

Wayne Walking Meditation

Wayne Codling was a Zen Monk for 30 years and spent many years at the San Francisco Zen Centre and Green Gulch Where he meditated with the likes of Thich Nhat Hanh and Gil Fronsdale A few years ago he left the monastery and came to Victoria. Barb met him...

$ 15.00 - $ 675.00

The Wishing Well in the Yard

Barb wrote:This is my friend Doug’s parents house in Nova Scotia. Whenever they take family pictures they take them outdoors in front of the wishing well. I have been looking at pictures of him and his family in front of the wishing well for years. I thought they would really...

$ 15.00 - $ 1,000.00

Drum Moon: Earth Air Fire Water

In December of 2005, Barb and I visited the Sliamon First Nation, just north of Powell River. I took part in a sweat there and we both spent several days in the home of a native Elder. While we were there, we got to speak at some length with this...

$ 150.00 - $ 350.00

Raven and Goldfish

Barb’s friend who is a teacher (see Barb’s journal) has a fish and bird (mostly heron) theme in his house. He mentioned that he would like a picture with both a fish and a bird in it. Barb had just painted “Adobe” a painting that she really enjoyed doing. She...

$ 15.00 - $ 400.00

Breathe

Barb wrote: A Friend offered to share some of her art supplies – paint, brushes . . . When I asked her what I could do to say thank you, she asked if I could paint her a painting that was about breathing. She has asthma quite badly so breathing...

$ 200.00 - $ 450.00

Study

This is your humble web designer, Leo, studying HTML and web design at the dining room table. On the table are salt and pepper shakers, a trivet and place mats from the home of Pierre and Elizabeth. Above Leo’s head is a basket that Barb painted years ago. Behind him,...

$ 150.00 - $ 675.00

Lamp

When I first started to acquire the stuff of a future home as a teenager, I saw this lamp shade in a store and immediately liked it very much. I still live with it, actually. One day I was looking at it and thinking of how it would be to...

$ 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 - $ 600.00

Snowy Mountain

Barb worked very hard on a painting for quite a few days and when she was finished, she thought “I should clean up”. Instead, this image spontaneously emerged in only a few hours. Apparently, it had been waiting to come out. Barb does not know where it came from. It...

$ 150.00 - $ 400.00

Pierre on His Death Bed

Barb spent a lot of time with Pierre over the last four months of his life. On his last night, she could see that he was about to die. She laid her head beside his on the pillow and cried where he could not see. The two care aid workers...

$ 150.00 - $ 525.00

Creating the World

Barb loves to play the didgeridoo. She plays it as a drone, similar to the drones Tibetan monks play. She uses it as a form of meditation and to set up vibrations in her own body. In this painting, Barb was showing how she was visioning/creating a whole new world...

$ 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...

$ 2.00

Giclee Sample

The best way to understand how good a giclée is, is to see a good one. We recommend that you go to a gallery, an art dealer or a custom framer and ask to see a giclée there. They will be able to show you one and tell you about...

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Ting®

A survey of things Jamaican would not be complete without Jamaica’s own homegrown (literally) grapefruit flavoured soft drink – Ting. Barb wanted to do a painting of Ting, so she went out and bought two bottles. One to use as a model and the other to give her the flavour...

$ 150.00 - $ 3,000.00

I Am Here From Far Away

Barb lives in Canada and the Inukshuk is a common sight in Canda’s far north. Increasingly, it is seen in the southern part of Canada where Barb lives. This picture emerged spontaneously one day. It is unique among her art to date. Some people are reminded of the “Iron Giant”...

$ 40.00 - $ 350.00

Eric's Light

Barb wrote: Eric is a precious boy that I completely love. He is special and loves lights. I painted this for him when he was very small so he could have light in his room all the time. Location of Original: Victoria, BC Acrylic on Canvas 12” by 24” 2003...

$ 150.00 - $ 1,200.00

Northern Exposure

I was doing a Northern Exposure (The TV show) marathon with Leo, my daughter and her boyfriend. I was relaxing with my family; I had a blank canvas and I wanted to paint something restful. This is what emerged. This painting is about rest and relaxation with the people I...