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$ 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 - $ 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... -
$ 15.00 - $ 300.00
Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction: Nepal
In 2007, The Government of Nepal took a giant step forward, becoming the second nation in the world to create a cabinet level position responsible for Peace. The “Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction: Nepal” was painted to celebrate this extraordinary achievement. Prints of this painting are to be presented to... -
$ 15.00 - $ 400.00
Japanese Lady Delegate for Peace Dancing in the Street
In 2006, Barb and Leo Barb attended the Second Global Summit for the Creation of Ministries for Peace and Departments of Peace. On the first day of the summit, the delegates went in to town for an evening of cultural events. At one stop, almost the entire global summit spontaneously... -
$ 15.00 - $ 10,000.00
Snaggly Clouds
My favorite place to be is on the breakwater. Out there, near the lighthouse, I can take a deep breath… and life, with all its diversity of experience, seems to come together. This water connects to the water that connects to countries all over the world… I can breathe in... -
$ 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... -
$ 15.00 - $ 350.00
Koi One
This is the first of two paintings of Koi that spontaneously arose in the spring of 2008. While Barb likes koi, she has no particular affinity for them. However, her daughter loves pets and has several tanks of fish. Perhaps it is a local restaurant which has a very large... -
$ 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 - $ 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... -
$ 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... -
$ 15.00 - $ 900.00
Jamaican Lady Selling Cashews by the Road
The sky in the header for the web site is taken from this painting. Barb really enjoyed painting this one. Barb’s friend who owns the Jamaican restaurant here in Victoria, showed her a photograph of a lady selling cashew by the side of the road. She was struck by the... -
$ 15.00 - $ 350.00
A Visit to Craigdarroch Castle®
Barb wrote this about this painting:A friend of mine came from the mainland with her daughter to visit Victoria. She loves castles and has pictures and statues of them in her home but had never been to one before.It was such fun to see her face as she walked through... -
$ 25.00 - $ 900.00
Two Herons
Barb has a real love of herons and has painted several. She painted this painting at a friends’ house. When she was done, one of her friends came around the corner and gasped with delight at the flowers and the colours. This reaction and her explaining her delight has given... -
$ 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...
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