About John Barber

    Nationally acclaimed American artist John M. Barber has painted the Chesapeake Bay and the eastern seaboard for nearly three decades. A meticulous chronicler of its watermen, vessels, and lifestyles, Barber is one of the few maritime artists who doesn’t just paint scenes, but the stories behind them — always invoking the magic of light to [...]

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Latest from the "Log"

  • The Chesapeake’s Bounty

    Near the end of last December I was invited by my friend Captain Brian Dillistin to join him for a day on the bay. We would run from his home on the Corrottoman River down the Rappahannock and then to the southern Chesapeake near the eastern shore of Virginia. Our targeted species was Morone [...]

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Latest “Wet Paint” Additions

 

Dawn on Shem Creek UF
Sunset Marsh
Jackson Creek Morn F
Skipjacks off Thomas Point  UF
Offloading the Catch, Tilghman, Island F
Moonlit Harbor  Web
Offloading the Catch u  WP copy
Chesapeake Dawn
Rue Royal  U  copy