Elizabeth Barber

ARTIST STATEMENT

Painting is the physical act of translating into form something that is limitless. Memories combine with an abstracted natural environment to create something new. I am fascinated with the drama of nature. Light dances and reflects off flower petals as they move in the breeze. Dramatic backdrops of changing skies layer with botanical elements. Multi-layered surfaces mix with the drawn and painted lines dredging up subconscious imagery.   Softened brushstrokes beneath the surface create a history, a story that unfolds and draws the viewer in.

Abstracting the subject matter allows my own personal reflection into the work. When I let go of control, the process takes the painting to a level where intuitive responses and improvisation play a part.   Personal ideas that began the painting are let go, as the surface is built up to reveal a serene contemplative space.  Symbolic shapes are buried within the paint and then reemerge transformed.  By revealing a deep inner search an object of beauty is created that transcends the order of the ordinary world.

EDUCATION

·Massachusetts College of Art                          Three Years Focus in Painting

·Moore College of Art                                          Foundation Year Fine Art

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

·2000                      Rutledge Street Gallery, Camden, SC

·1999                      V. Reed Gallery, Atlanta, GA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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·2007                       Swan Coach House      "Little Things Mean A lot"  Atlanta, GA

·2007                       Gregg Irby Fine Art         Spring Show   Atlanta, GA

                                                                              Spring Show   Colombia, SC     

·2006                       Gregg Irby Fine Art         Winter Collector Show    Charlotte, NC

                                                                              Fall Collector Show    Colombia, SC

                                                                              Spring Collector Show   Atlanta, GA

·2005                       Gregg Irby Fine Art         Fall Collector Show  Atlanta, GA

                                                                              Winter Collector Show   Charlotte, NC      

                                                                              Spring Collector Show Atlanta, GA

·2005                      Rutledge Street Gallery Group Show  Camden, SC

·2004                      Artspace New Haven    City-Wide Open Studios  New Haven, CT

·2004                      Art Show Amherst   Group Show  Amherst, MA

·2004                      Gregg Irby Fine Art   Fall Collector Show   Colombia, SC               

                                Spring Collector Show  Atlanta, GA

·2003                      Gregg Irby Fine Art          , Private Collector Show , Charleston, SC

·2003                      Gregg Irby Fine Art , Private Collector Show  Atlanta, GA

·2003                      Trinity School Art Market   Atlanta, GA

·2003                      Lansdell Gallery     Atlanta, GA

·2002                      Rutledge Street Gallery     Camden, SC

·2002                      Gregg Irby Fine Art , Private Collector Show  Atlanta, GA

·2002                      Gregg Irby Fine Art , Private Collector Show Houston, TX

·2002                      Gregg Irby Fine Art , Private Collector Show  Huntsville, AL

·2002                      Sarah Murrin Fine Art , Private Collector Show  Houston, TX

·2002                      Gregg Irby Fine Art , Private Collector Show    Charlotte, NC

·2002                      Gregg Irby Fine Art , Private Collector Show   Atlanta, GA

·2002                      Gregg Irby Fine Art , Private Collector Show     Colombia, SC

·2002                      Gregg Irby Fine Art , Private Collector Show    Charlotte, NC

·2002                      Trinity School Art  Market   Atlanta, GA

·2001                      Lansdell Gallery     Atlanta, GA

·2001                      Rutledge Street Gallery   Camden, SC

·2001                      Vermillion Gallery Atlanta, GA

·2001                      Bobbe Gillis Inc.   Atlanta, GA   

·2001                      Gregg Irby Fine Art Atlanta, GA

·2000                      Rutledge Street Gallery   Camden, SC

·2000                      Vermillion Gallery     Atlanta, GA

·2000                      Bobbe Gillis Inc.    Atlanta, GA

·2000                      Keyes Gallery Sag Harbor, NY

·1999                      Vermillion Gallery     Atlanta, GA

·1999                      Bobbe Gillis Inc.    Atlanta, GA

·1999                      Keyes Gallery     Sag Harbor, NY

·1999                      Heaven Blue Rose  , “Portals”  November  13-December 8   Roswell, GA

·1999                      Heaven Blue Rose , “Turn of Memory” January 6- March 7   Roswell, GA

·1999                      V. Reed Gallery  Atlanta, GA

·1998                      Heaven Blue Rose , “Pairs” November 11- December 29  Roswell, GA

·1998                      V. Reed Gallery   Atlanta, GA

·1997                      V. Reed Gallery    Atlanta, GA

·1997                      Museum of Contemporary Art  , “Spring Fever”  Feb 21-March 19         Washington, D.C.

·1997                      Museum Of Contemporary Art  , “Emerging Talent 1997” March 21-April 16 Washington, D.C.

·1997                      Eklektikos Gallery  , “Small Works Show”  Feb 19-March 14   Washington, D.C.

·1996                      Abney Gallery , “Contemporary Visions”  Feb 1- Feb 24  New York, NY

·1996                      D&D Gallery  Washington, D.C.

·1995                      Abney Gallery New York, NY

·1994                      DeHavilland Fine Art   Boston, MA

·1994                      ARC Fresh Paint Art Auction     Salem, MA

·1993                      Agora Gallery , “Textures”  September 22- October 13   New York, NY

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PUBLICATIONS

·Southern Living  Decorating Step-by –Step Summer 2002

·Southern Living Weddings,   June 2001 

·South Carolina Homes and GardensNovember-December 2000

·Koan Newsletter March 1997

·Koan Newsletter, April 1997 

·Visions Magazine  April 1997

·Marblehead Reporter September 1993 

·Artspeak   October 1993