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Winner of Barber’s “Offloading the Catch” Canvas Giclee
Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Stanewick won the drawing for the canvas copy of my latest major painting “Offloading the Catch at Tilghman Island”. Their name was drawn from the list of emails, which have been submitted to me. Gerry and wife Susan live in Richmond, Virginia. In addition to being a “budding” artist, Susan is an avid golfer, very active in her church and a wonderful chef. Gerry retired from Goldman Sachs in 2002 and fills his leisure time with…
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New Orleans
In September, 2010 I had a meeting of the American Society of Marine Artists of which I am a Fellow Member. The meeting took place in beautiful Sarasota, Florida where my wife Kathy and I enjoyed the company of some of the nation’s leading maritime artists for several days. On our return flight we took a side trip to New Orleans for a few days of enjoying the old French Quarter and some of the rare treats the area offers….
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Gone Fishin'
Dear friends, Last week Kathy and I headed north to deliver two paintings to clients in Delaware and Maryland. We also visited old friends, Marcia and Jim Dudley at Bethany Beach, Delaware and while in the area, our host arranged a chartered offshore fishing trip for us out of Ocean City, Maryland known as the “White Marlin Capital of the World”! Our crew of six arrived at the dock early and by 5:45 AM last Monday we were aboard Ocean…
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Barber Family in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
In mid July the East Coast Barbers — son Joshua and his wife Melissa and my wife Kathy and I– headed west. The West Coast Barbers– son Adam, his wife Mizuha and their son Yoshitaka, of Portland,Oregon– headed east and we all collided in the town of Jackson, Wyoming. While much of the nation was smoldering under record heat we were enjoying warm days and evenings in the 40s-50s. We rented a home near the Snake River with a wonderful…
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A Fair Breeze and a Full Moon
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Plein air
“Plein air” painting is a distillation of the painter’s entire experience. Through working in the field I’ve learned much about the essence of what we do as artists. Because the sun is moving, clouds are coming and going, and wind and insects are all conspiring against us, the painter is forced to quickly create his “virtual reality” on canvas. The artist must immediately get down the shapes of the subject, inject them with dimension through the use of hue and…
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Barber vs. Barber – Youtube video
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Alleyway Market, Siena, Italy
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British Virgin Islands
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Chesapeake Bound
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